I found the word 性故か while reading. I tried to look at the dictionary but
found nothing.

Here is the entire sentence:

> それとも逆らえぬ性故か

I don't really understand, please help!
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What does the word 性故か mean?
性{さが} means attribute, character. 故{ゆえ} means cause, reason.

I think か in this phrase is used as telling oneself like 寝るとするか.

So 逆らえぬ性故{さがゆえ}か means the cause seems to be my attitude which I can't rebel.
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> I found the word 性故か while reading.

That is not a word; It is three words 「[性]{さが} + [故]{ゆえ} + か」

「性」 means " ** _one's nature_** ", " ** _one's disposition_** ", etc.
「[逆]{さか}らえぬ性」 thus means " ** _one's nature of not being able to defy
others_** ", " ** _one's nature of not being able to swim against the
current_** ", etc. Without more context provided, it is impossible to know
what is being talked about here.

「故」 means " ** _reason_** ".

「か」, of course, is a question marker.

Again, without further context, we could only say that 「それとも逆らえぬ性故か」 would
mean along the lines of:

> "Or would it be because of (one's) nature of not being able to defy others?"
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