- innateness
- in·nate·ness
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Innateness — In nate*ness, n. The quality of being innate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
innateness — innate ► ADJECTIVE ▪ inborn; natural. DERIVATIVES innately adverb innateness noun. ORIGIN Latin innatus, from innasci be born into … English terms dictionary
Innateness hypothesis — The innateness hypothesis is a linguistic theory of language acquisition which holds that at least some linguistic knowledge is extant in humans at birth. Facts about the complexity of human language systems, the universality of language… … Wikipedia
innateness — noun see innate … New Collegiate Dictionary
innateness — See innately. * * * … Universalium
innateness — noun The condition of being innate … Wiktionary
innateness — n. quality of being innate, quality of being inborn; quality of being inherent … English contemporary dictionary
innateness — noun the quality of being innate • Derivationally related forms: ↑innate • Hypernyms: ↑changelessness, ↑unchangeability, ↑unchangeableness, ↑unchangingness … Useful english dictionary
innateness hypothesis — Psycholinguistics. the theory that humans are biologically equipped with a knowledge of certain universal elements of language structure that is brought into play in the course of native language acquisition. Also called nativism. * * * … Universalium
innateness hypothesis — Psycholinguistics. the theory that humans are biologically equipped with a knowledge of certain universal elements of language structure that is brought into play in the course of native language acquisition. Also called nativism … Useful english dictionary
