inborn tendency

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But he suffered--had always suffered--from the jealous reserve which underlay her charm, her inborn tendency to secretiveness and intrigue.

From Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Betty's case furnishes an illustration of an inborn tendency, fostered neither by precept nor example, persistently to attempt the impossible, and to fret and fume when forced to discontinue.

From Why Worry? by Walton, George Lincoln

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

These are emotions common to all members of the human race, and their expression is an inborn tendency.

From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by Pyle, William Henry

In fact, Professor Cook has recently suggested that the inborn tendency to variation is sufficient in itself to account for evolution, this tendency being either repressed or stimulated as external conditions are stable or variable.

From Animals of the Past by Lucas, Frederic A.