innate tendency

collocation in English

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innate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈneɪt/us
/ɪˈneɪt/
An innate quality or ability is one that you were born with, not one you ...
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tendency
noun[C]
uk
/ˈten.dən.si/us
/ˈten.dən.si/
If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or ...
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(Definition ofinnateandtendencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It characterizes theinnatetendencyof bodies to move in a certain manner.
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Of humanity most human it reflects ourinnatetendencyto say 'no', to run counter to what has been established.
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Transport managers, like the rest of us, have aninnatetendencyto empire building.
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Committees have aninnatetendencyto avoid decisions.
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Theinnatetendencyon regulation is towards consolidation and cartels.
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Compel people, and you stir up thatinnatetendencywhich is in human nature to dislike doing what they are forced to do.
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That person will be a civil servant with aninnatetendencyto back his colleagues who made the decision, and not someone outside.
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Specifically the mental set refers to aninnatetendencyto respond a certain way.
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Fourth, he has aninnatetendencyto preserve and expand life.
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Human nature has aninnatetendencytowards goodness, but moral rightness can not be instructed down to the last detail.
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It suggests that rather than having aninnatetendencytowards language and grammar, we continue to learn and develop our understanding of language throughout our lives.
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Things like beds and cloaks, formed by human artifice, have noinnatetendencyto become beds or cloaks.
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Given these findings, the assumption can be made that human beings have aninnatetendencyto classify those around them into definite categories, thereby creating a foundation for exclusion.
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Natural things stand in contrast to artifacts, which are formed by human artifice, not because of aninnatetendency.
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Simon's original explanation for the effect was that there is "aninnatetendencyto respond toward the source of stimulation".
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One possible starting point would be to show that human beings are born with innate tendencies to privilege certain patterns when making inductive inferences.
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As such, we have in common with animals certain innate tendencies, dispositions or passions to behave in a manner that may run counter to what rationality might dictate.
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His theory explains how, as a result of psychological processes activated by simple human interactions, these innate tendencies induce the more complex moral sentiments of benevolence and justice.
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They have certain innate tendencies which are less attractive than others.
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