Instinct

Noun

 * 1) A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.
 * Many animals fear fire by instinct.
 * 1) An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought.
 * Debbie's instinct was to distrust John.
 * Debbie's instinct was to distrust John.

Derived terms

 * instinctively
 * instinctive

Adjectives for Instinct
poetic; indefinable; impulsive; hereditary; faithful; natural; holy; warm; brutal; prophetic;  profoundest;   subtle;   dramatic; vague; combative; protective; military; proper; religious; beneficent; noble; aesthetic; conservative; inherited; artistic; self-preserving; denied; invisible; maternal; unerring; refined; gentle; deepest; semi-barbaric; perverted; animal; sterile; amorphous; conservative; universal; deep-rooted; formal; ennobled; delicate; driving; human; heroic; grosser; native; transcendental; tameless; sympathetic; long-dormant; disorderly; journalistic; monastic; social; irresistible; fine; quality; predominating; provident; spiritual; tender; wonderful; mechanical; prudential; fiery; grateful; innate; sudden; scientific; imperative; sure; trained; superhuman; speculative; irrrelevant; snob; groping; gregarious; terrible; herd; independent; fortunate; selective; kindly; unconscious; purest; comrnoi!, iconoclastic; logical; racial; brutal; derogatory.

Verbs for Instinct
cloud—; control—; curb—; develop—; en¬dow with—; follow—; gratify—; numb—, obey—; offend—; pander to—; rely on—; repress—; rouse—; stir—; succumb to—; suppress—;  thwart—;   violate—;   —deceives; —guides; —impels; —motivates; — persists; —swar within.

Thesaurus
a thing for, ability, affinity, aptitude, aptness, archetypal pattern, archetype, automatic response, automatic writing, automatism, bent, bias, blind impulse, brain wave, brainstorm, bump, caliber, capability, capacity, cast, collective unconscious, compulsiveness, conatus, conditioning, conduciveness, delight, diathesis, disposition, dower, dowry, drive, eagerness, echolalia, echopraxia, empathy, endowment, equipment, faculty, fancy, feel, feeling, feeling for, flair, flash, fleeting impulse, forte, genius, gift, gut response, id, impulse, inborn proclivity, inclination, inspiration, instinctiveness, intuition, involuntariness, involuntary impulse, knack, leaning, liability, libido, liking, long suit, makings, metier, natural endowment, natural gift, natural impulse, natural instinct, natural tendency, notion, parts, penchant, potential, power, powers, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, primitive self, probability, proclivity, proneness, propensity, qualification, quick hunch, readiness, reflex, reflex action, sensitivity, sensitivity to, sheer chemistry, sixth sense, skill, soft spot, speciality, strong flair, strong point, subconscious, subconscious urge, sudden thought, susceptibility, talent, talents, tendency, the goods, the stuff, tropism, turn, twist, unlearned capacity, unreasoning impulse, unwilledness, urge, vital impulse, warp, weakness, what it takes, willingness

Etymology
From instinctus:, past participle of instinguere: < in: + stinguere:

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: غريزة, سليقة, فطرة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 本能, 天性
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: pud (1), instinkt  (1)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ένστικτο [ˈe̞n.sti.kto̞], ένστιχτο [ˈe̞n.sti.xto̞]
 * Hebrew: אינסטינקט (instinkt)


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 本能
 * Korean: 본능 (本能)
 * Polish: instynkt
 * Russian:
 * Sotho: tshekamelo
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: สัญชาตญาณ
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Vietnamese: bản năng (本能)

Noun

 * 1) instinct

Etymology
Borrowed from instinctus:.

Related terms

 * instinctive