inborn | | |
adj. | 1. congenital, inborn, innate | present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development. |
| ~ nonheritable, noninheritable | not inheritable. |
adj. | 2. connatural, inborn, inbred | normally existing at birth.; "mankind's connatural sense of the good" |
| ~ native | belonging to one by birth.; "my native land"; "one's native language" |
nature | | |
n. (attribute) | 1. nature | the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized.; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy" |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| ~ characteristic | a distinguishing quality. |
n. (person) | 2. nature | a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe.; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women" |
| ~ causal agency, causal agent, cause | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results. |
n. (object) | 3. nature | the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc..; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" |
| ~ cosmos, macrocosm, universe, world, existence, creation | everything that exists anywhere.; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" |
n. (attribute) | 4. nature | the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions.; "it is his nature to help others" |
| ~ trait | a distinguishing feature of your personal nature. |
| ~ personality | the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual.; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others" |
| ~ animal nature, animality | the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect. |
| ~ disposition, temperament | your usual mood.; "he has a happy disposition" |
| ~ complexion | (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament. |
| ~ sociality | the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups.; "mammals as a class are not strong on sociality" |
n. (cognition) | 5. nature | a particular type of thing.; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature" |
| ~ type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing.; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?" |
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