The phrase "inherent instincts" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means natural or innate tendencies or behaviors that are inherent to a particular organism. This phrase can be used in a variety of contexts, but it is often used when discussing the behavior or traits of animals. Example: "The cheetah's inherent instincts for hunting and speed make it one of the fastest land animals in the world."
Seminal studies of dog behaviour conducted in the 1950s and '60s showed, however, that dogs raised without human contact at an early age retain their inherent instincts and prefer relationships with other dogs over associations with people.
Never quite trusting his own inherent instincts and feelings, the Long Distance Phobe has difficulty with decision-making.
The only way to make money is to do the opposite of what your gut is telling you about the inherent instincts of value.
There's an inherent instinct related to moral behavior.
We share an inherent survival instinct, and there is a wealth gap in the world that, like all systems based on difference, seeks equilibrium.
On the contrary, her case exemplifies the irreconcilable, opposing forces that make end-of-life choices so difficult: our inherent animal instinct to fight for survival and the knowledge that we are inescapably mortal.
Social Darwinism is particularly noticeable in The Book of Satan, where LaVey uses portions of Redbeard's Might is Right, though it also appears throughout in references to man's inherent strength and instinct for self-preservation.
He sounded best on "Charvez," a ballad by Mr. Hart with a recurring two-chord flourish; the song's inherent drama suited Mr. Iverson's declaratory instincts, and its modal progression prompted him to explore an insistent polytonality.
Marian and Keller outlined training difficulties in which instinct or instinctive drift might occur as tendencies biologically inherent in a species intrude into the behaviors a trainer was attempting to teach an animal.
"The instinct to repair a defect is inherent to all living organisms and to all cultures," he said.
In the early 20th century British-born American psychologist William McDougall popularized a theory of instinct based on the idea that behaviour has inherent purpose, in the sense that it is aimed at the attainment of a goal.
