innate : Idioms & Phrases


Innate ideas

  • (Metaph.), ideas, as of God, immortality, right and wrong, supposed by some to be inherent in the mind, as a priori principles of knowledge.
Webster 1913

innate immunity

  • noun immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup
    natural immunity.
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innate reflex

  • noun an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
    inborn reflex; reflex action; instinctive reflex; reflex response; unconditioned reflex; physiological reaction; reflex.
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