INHERENT APTITUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inherent aptitude mean? 

• INHERENT APTITUDE (noun)
  The noun INHERENT APTITUDE has 1 sense:

1. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli

  Familiarity information: INHERENT APTITUDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INHERENT APTITUDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

inherent aptitude; instinct

Context example:

altruistic instincts in social animals

Hypernyms ("inherent aptitude" is a kind of...):

aptitude (inherent ability)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inherent aptitude"):

id ((psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity)