Meaning Of The Word Instinct

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Instinct Meaning

Instinct Definition
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What's The Definition Of Instinct?

instinct
If it is your instinct to do something, you feel that it is right to do it.
If you have an instinct for something, you are naturally good at it or able to do it.
Instinct is a feeling that you have that something is the case, rather than an opinion or idea based on facts.
variable noun: Instinct is the natural tendency that a person or animal has to behave or react in a particular way.

instinct in American English
(an) inborn tendency to behave in a way characteristic of a species; natural, unlearned, predictable response to stimuli

instinct in American English 1
noun: an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species

instinct in American English 2
adjective: filled or infused with some animating principle

instinct in British English
adjective: animated or impelled (by)
noun: the innate capacity of an animal to respond to a given stimulus in a relatively fixed way

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