inborn tendency

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The neuropath is the individual with an inborn tendency to the neurosis.

From Applied Psychology for Nurses by Porter, Mary F.

Say, rather, that the species of necessity which consists in character and inborn tendency is stronger than any resolution to run counter to it.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 by Various

Of these three forces, the first is the result of an inborn tendency to deviate from the ancestral type; an orderly process with a definite intention, by no means a mere chance fluctuation.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various

Bullying as an original tendency seems to add nothing to the possibilities of development, but every other inborn tendency has its value.

From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton

In no way was Norman's luck superior to most men's more splendidly than in that his inborn tendency to arrogant and extravagant desires was matched by an inborn capacity to get the necessary money.

From The Grain of Dust by Phillips, David Graham