Meaning of instinct | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.
   countable, uncountable
2. A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour
3. filled or infused with some animating principle (usu. fol. by with): instinct with life.
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4. An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought.
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5. An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought
6. An inherited tendency of an organism or species to behave in a certain way that is usually a reaction to something in the environment and that fulfills a basic need. Examples of behaviors that are the result of instinct include nest-building in birds, spawning in fish, and food-gathering in insects.
7. Imbued, charged (with something)
8. Inherited behavior that is not dependent on experience.
9. 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. instink غَريزَه инстинкт instinto pud, instinkt der Instinkt instinkt ένστικτο, έμφυτη ικανότητα instinto vaist غریزه vaisto instinct חוּש טִבעִי सहज ज्ञान instinkt ösztön naluri, insting eðlishvöt/-ávísun istinto 本能 본능 instinktas instinkts naluri instinctinstinktinstynkt غر...
10. arising from instinct or from a natural ability. Blinking our eyes is an instinctive reaction when something suddenly comes close to them; I couldn't help putting my foot on the brake when I saw the other car coming towards me – it was instinctive. instinktief غَريزي инстинктивен instintivo instinktivní instinktiv instinktiv ενστικτώδηςinstintivo vaistlik غریزی vaistonvarainen instinctif אִינסטִינקטִיבִי स्वाभाविक instinktivan ösztönös naluriah eðlislægur; ósjálfráður istintivo 本能的な 본능적인 inst...
11. instinktief بصورةٍ غَريزيَّه инстинктивно instintivamente instinktivně instinktiv per instinkt ενστικτωδώςinstintivamente vaistlikult بطور غریزی vaistonvaraisesti instinctivement בְּאוֹפֶן אִינסטִינקטִיבִי सहज रूप से instinktivno ösztönösen secara naluriah ósjálfrátt istintivamente 本能的に 본능적으로 instinktyviai instinktīvi; neapzināti secara naluri instinctiefinstinktivtinstynktownie د غریزی په دوله instintivamente (în mod) instinctiv инстинктивно inštinktívne nagonsko instiktivno instinktivt โดยส...
12. instinto.
13. An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli: the spawning instinct in salmon; altruistic instincts in social animals.
14. A powerful motivation or impulse.
15. An innate capability or aptitude: an instinct for tact and diplomacy.

Equivalents

Examples

“Many animals fear fire by instinct.”

“By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust / Ensuing dangers.”

“In spite of these qualifications, the broad distinction between instinct and habit is undeniable. To take extreme cases, every animal at birth can take food by instinct, before it has had opportunity to learn; on the other hand, no one can ride a bicycle by instinct, though, after learning, the necessary movements become just as automatic as if they were instinctive.”

“an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct”

“Debbie's instinct was to distrust John.”

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