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in·nate E0122500 (ĭ-nāt′, ĭn′āt′)adj.1. a. Existing naturally or by heredity rather than being learned through experience: "Chimpanzees show an innate distrust of contact with strangers" (Cindy Engel).b. Of or produced by the mind rather than learned through experience: an innate knowledge of right and wrong.2. Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent: "As the Army and farmers built more and more levees, the Missouri lost an innate capacity to absorb its frequent excesses" (William Least Heat-Moon).
[Middle English innat, from Latin innātus, past participle of innāscī, to be born in : in-, in; see in-2 + nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
in·nate′ly adv.in·nate′ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | innateness - the quality of being innateunchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged |
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Words related to innatenessnoun the quality of being innateRelated Words- unchangeability
- unchangeableness
- unchangingness
- changelessness
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