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instinctive
(encz) | instinctive,instinktivní Pavel Machek; Giza |
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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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] |
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instinctive
(encz) | instinctive,instinktivní Pavel Machek; Giza |
instinctive reflex
(encz) | instinctive reflex, n: |
instinctively
(encz) | instinctively,instinktivně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Instinctively
(gcide) | Instinctively \In*stinc"tive*ly\, adv.
In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural
impulse.
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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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