10.3 innate

10.3 innate

Again I found this word in my reading for another class and I was curious as I am familiar with it but again not as clear as I would like to be of all of its meanings.  In the context that I found it is used for innate/ unconscious processes.  

From Merriam Webster online

existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native, inborn <innate behavior>

2

: belonging to the essential nature of something : inherent

3

: originating in or derived from the mind or the constitution of the intellect rather than from experience