inborn

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Inborn leadership traits certainly do exist, but upbringing, he found, matters too.

From Economist • Sep. 23, 2010

Inborn rationalists and inborn pragmatists will never convert each other.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William

Inborn knowledge and the perception of things, these are the sources of revelation: the Soul of the man instructeth him, having already learned by experience.

From The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation by Maitland, Edward

Inborn usually means germinal, as applied to a trait, and it is so used in this book.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul

Inborn, in′bawrn, adj. born in or with: implanted by nature.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various