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instinct: [noun] a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity.
Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour, containing innate (inborn) elements.The simplest example of an instinctive behaviour is a fixed action pattern (FAP), in which a very short to medium length sequence of actions, without variation, are carried out in response to a corresponding clearly defined stimulus.
INSTINCT definition: 1. the way people or animals naturally react or behave, without having to think or learn about it…. Learn more.
Instinct definition: an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.. See examples of INSTINCT used in a sentence.
INSTINCT meaning: 1. the way people or animals naturally react or behave, without having to think or learn about it…. Learn more.
instinct: 1 n inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli “the spawning instinct in salmon” “altruistic instincts in social animals” Synonyms: inherent aptitude Types: id (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity Type of: aptitude inherent ability adj (followed by `with')deeply filled ...
by instinct Children do not know by instinct the difference between right and wrong. instinct (is) to do something His first instinct was to run away. instinct for (doing) something Horses have a well-developed instinct for fear. Even at school, he showed he had an instinct for (= was naturally good at) business. see also herd instinct, killer ...
