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instinct
(encz) | instinct,instinkt Pavel Machek; Giza |
instinct
(encz) | instinct,pud n: Zdeněk Brož |
Instinct
(gcide) | Instinct \In*stinct"\, a. [L. instinctus, p. p. of instinguere
to instigate, incite; cf. instigare to instigate. Cf.
Instigate, Distinguish.]
Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled;
imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
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The chariot of paternal deity . . .
Itself instinct with spirit, but convoyed
By four cherubic shapes. --Milton.
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A noble performance, instinct with sound principle.
--Brougham.
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Instinct
(gcide) | Instinct \In"stinct\ ([i^]n"st[i^][ng]kt), n. [L. instinctus
instigation, impulse, fr. instinguere to instigate: cf. F.
instinct. See Instinct, a.]
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1. 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.
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An instinct is a propensity prior to experience, and
independent of instructions. --Paley.
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An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of
action, independent of any consideration, on the
part of the agent, of the end to which the action
leads. --Whately.
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An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and
ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers. --Shak.
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2. (Zool.) Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by
which an animal is guided to the performance of any
action, without thought of improvement in the method.
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The resemblance between what originally was a habit,
and an instinct becomes so close as not to be
distinguished. --Darwin.
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3. A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an
instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
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Instinct
(gcide) | Instinct \In*stinct"\ ([i^]n*st[i^][ng]kt"), v. t.
To impress, as an animating power, or instinct. [Obs.]
--Bentley.
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instinct
(wn) | instinct
adj 1: (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued
with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with
love"; "it is replete with misery" [syn: instinct(p),
replete(p)]
n 1: inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific
stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic
instincts in social animals" [syn: instinct, {inherent
aptitude}] |
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death instinct
(encz) | death instinct, n: |
instinct
(encz) | instinct,instinkt Pavel Machek; Gizainstinct,pud n: Zdeněk Brož |
instinctive
(encz) | instinctive,instinktivní Pavel Machek; Giza |
instinctive reflex
(encz) | instinctive reflex, n: |
instinctively
(encz) | instinctively,instinktivně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
instincts
(encz) | instincts,instinkty n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
instinctual
(encz) | instinctual,instinktivní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
killer instinct
(encz) | killer instinct, |
Instinction
(gcide) | Instinction \In*stinc"tion\, n.
Instinct; incitement; inspiration. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.
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Instinctive
(gcide) | Instinctive \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, or experience; spontaneous.
"Instinctive motion." --Milton. "Instinctive dread."
--Cowper.
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With taste instinctive give
Each grace appropriate. --Mason.
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Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of
some absent friends? --Bp. Hall.
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Note: The terms instinctive belief, instinctive judgment,
instinctive cognition, are expressions not ill adapted
to characterize a belief, judgment, or cognition,
which, as the result of no anterior consciousness, is,
like the products of animal instinct, the intelligent
effect of (as far as we are concerned) an unknown
cause. --Sir H. Hamilton.
Syn: Natural; voluntary; spontaneous; original; innate;
inherent; automatic.
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Instinctively
(gcide) | Instinctively \In*stinc"tive*ly\, adv.
In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural
impulse.
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Instinctivity
(gcide) | Instinctivity \In`stinc*tiv"i*ty\, n.
The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct.
[R.] --Coleridge.
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death instinct
(wn) | death instinct
n 1: (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die [syn: {death
instinct}, death wish, Thanatos] |
instinct
(wn) | instinct
adj 1: (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued
with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with
love"; "it is replete with misery" [syn: instinct(p),
replete(p)]
n 1: inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific
stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic
instincts in social animals" [syn: instinct, {inherent
aptitude}] |
instinctive
(wn) | instinctive
adj 1: unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's
natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as
instinctive as breathing" [syn: natural, instinctive] |
instinctive reflex
(wn) | instinctive reflex
n 1: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
[syn: reflex, reflex response, reflex action,
instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex,
unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction] |
instinctively
(wn) | instinctively
adv 1: as a matter of instinct; "he instinctively grabbed the
knife" |
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