innateadjective
uk/ɪˈneɪt/us/ɪˈneɪt/C2 An innate quality or ability is one that you were born with, not one you have learned:
Cyril's most impressive quality was his innate goodness.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Innate and congenital
- birth
- born
- born and bred idiom
- congenital
- descend
- descend from sth
- heritable
- inborn
- inbred
- inclined
- inherit
- inheritance
- instinct
- instinctive
- native
- natural
innately
adverb uk/ɪˈneɪt.li/us/ɪˈneɪt.li/
I don't believe that human beings are innately evil.