"Instinct" is a word in ENGLISH
A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an
instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or
impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an
animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of
improvement in the method.
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.
I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.
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Martin had just received his brand new drivers license. The family troops out to the driveway, and climbs in the car, where he is going to take them for a ride for the first time. Dad immediately heads for the back seat, directly behind the newly minted driver. "I'll bet you're back there to get a change of scenery after all those months of sitting in the front passenger seat teaching me how to drive," says the beaming boy to his father. "Nope," comes dad's reply, "I'm gonna sit here and kick the back of your seat as you drive, just like you've been doing to me all these years."
Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse …
Read the complete definitionIn an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
Read the complete definitionNature; natural instinct or disposition.
Read the complete definitionBelonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
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