Definition of Innateness

1. Noun. The quality of being innate.


Definition of Innateness

1. n. The quality of being innate.

Definition of Innateness

1. Noun. The condition of being innate ¹

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Definition of Innateness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Innateness

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inner(a)
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Literary usage of Innateness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"So long as social phenomena are not brought henceforth within the scope of scientific prevision, the innateness of the benevolent instincts cannot be ..."

2. The Psychology of the Emotions by Théodule Ribot (1914)
"Two views of its origin: (a) the intellectual, (6) the emotional —They correspond to two stages in its development—Its innateness and its necessity belong ..."

3. Phrenology: Or The Doctrine of the Mental Phenomena by Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1833)
"On the Innateness of the Mental Dispositions. Let us see now what is innate. The fundamental powers of the mind, as well as the organization on which their ..."

4. Phrenology: Or The Doctrine of the Mental Phenomena by Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1833)
"On the Innateness of the Mental Dispositions. Let us see now what is innate. The fundamental powers of the mind, as well as the organization on which their ..."

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