INSTINCT
\ˈɪnstɪŋkt], \ˈɪnstɪŋkt], \ˈɪ_n_s_t_ɪ_ŋ_k_t]\
Definitions of INSTINCT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"
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(followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery"
By Princeton University
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inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.
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A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
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To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
By Oddity Software
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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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Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.
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A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
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To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
By Noah Webster.
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Stereotyped patterns of response, characteristic of a given species, that have been phylogenetically adapted to a specific type of situation.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Charged or filled with; as, creatures instinct with life.
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Natural impulse in animals; involuntary urging to any action; a natural tendency; as, an instinct for direction.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Impulse: an involuntary or unreasoning prompting to action: the natural impulse by which animals are guided apparently independent of reason or experience.
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Instigated or incited: moved: animated.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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The action of the living principle, whenever manifestly directing its operations to the health, preservation, or reproduction of a living frame or any part of such frame- Moli'men natu'rae suluta'rium. The law of instinct is, consequently, the law of the living principle, and instinctive actions are the actions of the living principle. Instinct is natural. Reason is acquired.
By Robley Dunglison
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Impulse; instigation;—a natural desire or aversion arising in the mmd without forethought or deliberation ; spontaneous dictate or prompting of natural feeling ;—especially the power which determines the will and action of animals; natural perception of, and appetency for tht which will preserve the individual, or propagate the species; also sense of danger.
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