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instinct::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inherent aptitude |
| Type of | aptitude |
| Has types | id |
the spawning instinct in salmon.
altruistic instincts in social animals.
Examples of instinct
instinct
For Collette Latham, her first instinct was to load up her belongings and leave.
From the denverpost.com
Haley said it's not part of his natural instinct to run such a gimmicky offense.
From the kansas.com
I know that markets run on fear, greed, instinct, and panic as much as on logic.
From the theatlantic.com
My horse, acting on instinct, began to canter, and this time I forgot to resist.
From the timesunion.com
Is this instinct for partisan costuming empowering, cheeky, shocking, hilarious?
From the washingtontimes.com
Grobe said he's ignored the natural instinct to scrap everything and start anew.
From the newsobserver.com
Transparency is not a natural instinct for those who regulate financial markets.
From the washingtonpost.com
Communicating with our animals like Brannaman suggests isn't our first instinct.
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Her desire to die created a very strong survival instinct in her four daughters.
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- Inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"
- Instinct(p): (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery"
- (instinctive) natural: unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"
- Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism toward a particular behavior. The fixed action patterns are unlearned and inherited. The stimuli can be variable due to imprinting in a sensitive period or also genetically fixed. ...
- Instinct is the third album of Anonymus.
- The Samsung Instinct (M800) was an Internet-enabled phone designed and marketed by Samsung Mobile. It uses a Haptic touchscreen interface, and three touchscreen buttons (pictured at right, from left to right - [back], [home], [phone]). ...
- The following is a list of episodes from the USA Network original series The Dead Zone. The series debuted on June 16, 2002.
- "Instinct" is the 2nd episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Dollhouse and the show's 15th episode overall. The episode was written by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters and directed by Marita Grabiak, the first in the series she has directed. ...
- Instinct is the sixth full length album by thrash metal band, Ektomorf.
