Undernature

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An underlying, secretive, or surreptitious nature. no-plural

    "Along the lines of likes, persons naturally seek each other or respond to the call of undernature and inaugurate their procedures without special exercise of will or intelligence or sacrifice of personal choice, and move as a body […]"

Example

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"Along the lines of likes, persons naturally seek each other or respond to the call of undernature and inaugurate their procedures without special exercise of will or intelligence or sacrifice of personal choice, and move as a body […]"

Etymology

From under- + nature.

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