prompted by instinct

  • 1instinct — (Lat., instinctus, impulse or urge) The term implies innately determined behaviour, inflexible to change in circumstance and outside the control of deliberation and reason. The view that animals accomplish even complex tasks by nature and not by… …

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  • 2instinctive — in·stinc·tive in stiŋ(k) tiv adj 1) of, relating to, or being instinct 2) derived from or prompted by instinct <an instinctive fear> in·stinc·tive·ly adv * * * in·stinc·tive (in stinkґtiv) of the nature of, related to, or prompted by… …

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  • 3Instinctive — In*stinc tive, a. [Cf. F. instinctif.] Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction,… …

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  • 4instinctive — in·stinc·tive || ɪn stɪŋktɪv adj. pertaining to instinct; prompted by instinct, based on innate behavioral patterns, natural, inborn; impulsive, spontaneous; intuitive …

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  • 5Instinctivity — In stinc*tiv i*ty, n. The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. [R.] Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6instinctive — adjective a) related to or prompted by instinct b) driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking …

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  • 7instinctive — adjective relating to or prompted by instinct. ↘apparently natural or automatic. Derivatives instinctively adverb …

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  • 8instinctive — a. 1. Natural, spontaneous, involuntary, prompted by instinct. 2. Impulsive, unreflecting, not deliberate …

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  • 9instinctive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to or prompted by instinct; apparently natural or automatic. DERIVATIVES instinctively adverb …

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  • 10instinctively — instinctive ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to or prompted by instinct; apparently natural or automatic. DERIVATIVES instinctively adverb …

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