nature vs nurture
Definitions
noun
- the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- a particular type of thing
- the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
- the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
Examples
A lot of human nature can be traced to instinctive behaviors evolved in harder times.
The abrupt facies shift, bioturbation and cemented nature of the surfaces suggests that they represent marine flooding surfaces, formed during a rapid rise in relative sea level and/or a reduction in sediment supply.
The model nature of Windsor involved imitation, as of the Tudor style, to make a statement with a lot of leisure about it.
Definitions
noun
- the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
verb
- look after a child until it is an adult
- help develop, help grow
- provide with nourishment
Examples
Yet countries perceived as our enemies nurture their computer geeks in the full knowledge that they are the future.
Agreed - a certain amount of natural skill is required - but that skill needs to be properly nurtured.
They may not agree that evangelizing the unchurched is a higher priority than worship and nurture.
