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innate adjective basic, congenital, constitutional, deeived from within, essential, existing from birth, hereditary, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innatus, insitus, intrinsic, intuitive, involuntary, native, natural, proprius See also: genetic, hereditary, implicit, ingrained, inherent, interior, internal, native, natural, organic How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``Predilection'' keeps homosexuality in the lesser realm of ``preference,'' rather than in the higher state of ``natural innateness. Advocates of the innateness hypothesis argue that babies up to 6 months old can't systematically track objects with their eyes, even though babies of that age do realize that, say, a ball that rolls behind a screen should be visible when the screen is removed. ``There's got to be an innateness about you, that you like the toughness and hitting people,'' Kerr said. |
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