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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /inˈna.to/
"Il senso della giustizia è in gran parte innato."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Genetically determined or innate; incapable of being altered or removed.
"Humans appear to be hard-wired for language acquisition from infancy." - 2
Built directly into a computer's hardware or electronic circuitry rather than implemented through software.
"The safety protocols are hard-wired into the machinery's control panel."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from electrical engineering in the mid-20th century, where circuits were permanently wired rather than programmed via software. By the late 20th century, the term extended metaphorically into biology and psychology to describe innate, genetically determined behavioral traits or neural pathways.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hard-wired" is said worldwide
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inné
Transliteration: /i.ne/
"Certains comportements sont innés chez les animaux."
angeboren
Transliteration: /ˈanɡəˌboːʁən/
"Ein Überlebensinstinkt ist beim Menschen angeboren."
innato
Transliteration: /inˈna.to/
"Il senso della giustizia è in gran parte innato."
innato
Transliteration: /iˈna.to/
"Los bebés tienen un reflejo innato de succión."
inato
Transliteration: /iˈna.tu/
"O medo de cobras pode ser inato nos primatas."
जन्मजात
Transliteration: janmajaat
"मनुष्यों में भाषा सीखने की क्षमता जन्मजात होती है।"
天生的
Transliteration: tiān shēng de
"人类似乎天生就具有社交倾向。"
타고난
Transliteration: tagonan
"인간은 생존을 위해 타고난 본능이 있습니다."
生まれつきの
Transliteration: umarenatsuki no
"人間には生まれつき言語を学ぶ能力が備わっている。"
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