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1. (n.) instinct
an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
2. instinct
a natural or innate impulse, inclination, or tendency.
3. instinct
a natural aptitude or gift:
an instinct for making money.
4. instinct
natural intuitive power.
5. (adj.) instinct
filled or infused with some animating principle (usu. fol. by with):
instinct with life.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L instinctus excited, roused, inspired, ptp. of *insting(u)ere; see instinct1)
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| Definition of 'instinct' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) instinct, inherent aptitude
inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
"the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"
2. (adj) instinct(p), replete(p)
(followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated
"imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery"
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1. (noun) instinct
instead of
natural reactions and abilities that are done without thinking
the animal's instinct to protect its young; He has an instinct for relating to ordinary people.; It's best to trust your instincts when deciding who to hire.
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| Definition of 'instinct' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) instinct
urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life
2. (adj) instinct
natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished
3. (adj) instinct
specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method
4. (adj) instinct
a natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct
5. (verb) instinct
to impress, as an animating power, or instinct
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| Definition of 'instinct' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. instinct
Stereotyped patterns of response, characteristic of a given species, that have been phylogenetically adapted to a specific type of situation.
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Sense: a natural tendency to behave or react in a particular way, without thinking and without having been taught
As winter approaches, swallows fly south from Britain by instinct; He has an instinct for saying the right thing.
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 Afrikaans: instink |
 Arabic: غَريزَه |
 Bulgarian: инстинкт |
 Brazilian: instinto |
 Czech: pud, instinkt |
 German: der Instinkt |
 Danish: instinkt |
 Greek: ένστικτο, έμφυτη ικανότητ |
 Spanish: instinto |
 Estonian: vaist |
 Farsi: غریزه |
 Finnish: vaisto |
 French: instinct |
 Hebrew: חוּש טִבעִי |
 Hindi: सहज ज्ञान |
 Croatian: instinkt |
 Hungarian: ösztön |
 Indonesian: naluri, insting |
 Icelandic: eðlishvöt/-ávísun |
 Italian: istinto |
 Japanese: 本能 |
 Korean: 본능 |
 Lithuanian: instinktas |
 Latvian: instinkts |
 Malay: naluri |
 Dutch: instinkt |
 Norwegian: instinkt |
 Polish: instynkt |
 Persian: غریزه |
 Pashto: غريزه شعور |
 Portuguese: instinto |
 Romanian: instinct |
 Russian: инстинкт |
 Slovak: inštinkt |
 Slovenian: nagon |
 Serbian: instinkt |
 Swedish: instinkt |
 Thai: สัญชาตญาณ |
 Turkish: içgüdü |
 Taiwanese: 本能 |
 Ukrainian: інстинкт |
 Urdu: جبلّت انسانی یا حیوانی |
 Vietnamese: khuynh hướng bẩn sinh |
 Chinese: 本能 |
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