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- natural behavior in an animal that is not taught by parents or experience but is simply part of what an animal is born with.
definition 1: natural behavior in an animal that is not taught by parents or experience but is simply part of what an animal is born with. Instinct makes the geese fly south. similar words: drive, impulse, sense, tendency, urge. definition 2: a strong natural tendency or ability.
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- instinctive
definition 1: having to do with instinct. It is instinctive...
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The meaning of INSTINCT is a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity. How to use instinct in a sentence.
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Instinctive behaviours can be variable and responsive to the environment. Any behaviour is instinctive if it is performed without being based upon prior experience, that is, in the absence of learning. Sea turtles, newly hatched on a beach, will automatically move toward the ocean, and automatically swim when they are in the water. A joey climbs in...
Instinct is a built-in need to do something. It's not something an animal thinks about; it's something it does automatically. A baby bird automatically throws its head back, opens its mouth wide, and screams for food. It is an instinct. Baby bats automatically cling to the cave wall. Grasshoppers naturally spit out the things in their stomach on pr...
a fixed action pattern, in which a very short to medium length sequence of actions, without variation, are carried out in response to a clearly defined stimulus. Karl Lorenz.a propensity prior to experience, and independent of instructions. William Paley.a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads. Whately.an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge. Sir W. Hamilton.An instinct is something you don't need to learn — it happens naturally, without you even thinking about it. Babies cry by instinct, and ducks follow their mother by instinct.
definition 1: having to do with instinct. It is instinctive behavior for beavers to build dams. synonyms: inborn, instinctual. similar words: native, natural, unconscious. definition 2: caused by, or as if by, instinct; impulsive.
noun. /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/ [uncountable, countable] a natural quality that makes people and animals tend to behave in a particular way using the knowledge and abilities that they were born with rather than thought or training. She did not seem to have any of the usual maternal instincts.
an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species. a natural or innate impulse, inclination, or tendency. a natural aptitude or gift: an instinct for making money. Synonyms: talent, faculty, knack, genius.
