innate

生まれつきの、先天的な

後から学んだり身につけたりしたのではなく、生まれたときからある。

やさしい英語で： Present from birth, rather than learned or developed later.

• She has an innate talent for music.
• Some animal behaviours are innate.
• His innate sense of direction helped us find the village.

類義語： inborn, natural

反対語： acquired, learned

よく使う表現： innate ability, innate talent, innate sense, innate quality

生得的な

学習や経験で得たのではなく、初めから心に備わっている。

やさしい英語で： Already part of the mind, rather than gained through learning or experience.

• The philosopher believed in innate ideas.
• They debated whether our knowledge of numbers is innate.
• This theory treats certain concepts as innate.

類義語： inborn

反対語： acquired

よく使う表現： innate ideas, innate knowledge, innate concepts