Thesaurus / inborn
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For example, a newborn mouse has an inborn fear of foxes, even if it is the descendant of many generations of lab mice with no exposure to foxes at all.
YOU CAN’T COMPLETELY TRUST YOUR MEMORIESDAVID LINDENSEPTEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThese were proofs, had any been needed, of her inborn delight in life and her own loveliness.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, VOLUME XXIROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIt is the proving that bends the back, tries the patience, strains to the utmost the man's inborn Instinct of the Metal.
BLAZED TRAIL STORIESSTEWART EDWARD WHITEFreedom of will would then have to be acknowledged even in inanimate things; for even fire acts according to its inborn nature.
PLOTINOS: COMPLETE WORKS, V. 3PLOTINOS (PLOTINUS)Those dancing clear blue eyes betrayed the inborn love of a high-spirited nature.
THE DREADNOUGHT OF THE AIRPERCY F. WESTERMANYou may say that a girl of such a family cannot help being cultivated: culture is inborn.
GIRLS AND WOMENHARRIET E. PAINE (AKA E. CHESTER}On the other hand, it is possible that shame may 253be dependent upon a special inborn disposition.
THE SEXUAL LIFE OF THE CHILDALBERT MOLLIt is a disputed question whether the sentiments of shame and disgust are inborn.
THE SEXUAL LIFE OF THE CHILDALBERT MOLLNor did a woman need to be clever and cultivated to be bewitched by his inborn, simple sweetness.
THE STONES OF PARIS IN HISTORY AND LETTERS, VOLUME I (OF 2)BENJAMIN ELLIS MARTINGano shrank from an imputation of pessimism, as people do in whom the tendency is inborn and inveterate.
THE OPEN QUESTIONELIZABETH ROBINSWORDS RELATED TO INBORN
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