instinctual
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4.2
- adjective
- /ɪnˈstɪŋktʃuəl/
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instintivo
- Many animals have instinctual behaviors that help them survive in the wild.
- instinctual impulse
- instinctual urge
- instinctual drive
So there is something instinctual in us that's drawn to that practice.
- So there is something instinctual in us that's drawn to that practice.
- So my instinct, my instinctual response to that is I have to prove him wrong.
- I think that's just a universal instinctual feeling.
- So I guess OK, yeah, licorice, it's something that you're on a on a deeply instinctual level.
- And you have that instinctual ability that allows you to then make that decision and operate that way.
- Hume tells us that this entire functioning of custom is itself instinctual.
- We crave DOPA for instinctual reasons, but now it's everywhere and we have trouble modulating.
- Like it's part of and it's an instinctual, it's just a primal thing.
- So and and I know we get back into our instinctual shells.
- OK, we can, we can call this instinctual.
- It's it's like just an instinctual thing.
- I, I, I would, I would threaten to say it is an instinctual thing to clap.
- You know, it's, and I think there's a lot with me that's very instinctual.
- And where we want to be in our lives is all instinctual.
Examples
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That's our basic instinctual reaction to the fear of not being able to survive.
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The depth and instinctual force of human altruism, on the other hand, is a much more complicated matter.
Academic text (2008) -
It's more like instinctual from years and years of experience.
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It's instinctual to me now.
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And you have that instinctual ability that allows you to then make that decision and operate that way.
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And I had an instinctual response that I regret.
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Most animals interact with the environment more or less by instinctual reactions.
Academic text (2002) -
My father towered above him, and I felt an instinctual fear of him myself.
Fiction book (1991) -
So there is something instinctual in us that's drawn to that practice.
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I think that's just a universal instinctual feeling.
Synonyms
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5.2
A quality present from birth that is not learned
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3.7
Done without thinking, like a quick natural reaction
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5.5
Felt without thinking, like a quick natural reaction
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4.1
A natural quick action or feeling that happens without thinking
Happens before logical thought and comes from instinct or feeling
Acting by following a feeling rather than careful thinking
Antonyms
How Instinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word instinctual comes from instinct, which goes back to Latin instinctus meaning 'an urge' or 'a push'. So, an instinctual action is one you do from that inner push or natural feeling, not from careful thought.