Instinctive
adjective
Related to or caused by an instinct, a behavior or reaction occurring in a natural way without thinking.
Her instinctive reaction was to protect her children.
adjective
Related to a strong feeling that guides one, not necessarily based on facts or understanding.
His instinctive sense of direction led him through the forest.
adjective
Characteristic of unconsciousness or the lack of intellectual reasoning.
Creativity often arises from an instinctive impulse.
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Approving
adjective
Related to or caused by an instinct, a behavior or reaction occurring in a natural way without thinking.
Her instinctive reaction was to protect her children.
adjective
Related to a strong feeling that guides one, not necessarily based on facts or understanding.
His instinctive sense of direction led him through the forest.
adjective
Characteristic of unconsciousness or the lack of intellectual reasoning.
Creativity often arises from an instinctive impulse.
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Unconscious Response
Focus on actions done without prior planning or thought, as if automatic.
Her smile was an instinctive response to the compliment.
Pro Tip 2/3Inborn Ability
Used to describe skills or behaviors that seem to be present from birth.
Ducks have an instinctive ability to swim.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Reaction
Refers to a quick, unplanned reaction to a situation or event.
He had an instinctive distrust of strangers.
Pro Tip 1/3Unconscious Response
Focus on actions done without prior planning or thought, as if automatic.
Her smile was an instinctive response to the compliment.
Pro Tip 2/3Inborn Ability
Used to describe skills or behaviors that seem to be present from birth.
Ducks have an instinctive ability to swim.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Reaction
Refers to a quick, unplanned reaction to a situation or event.
He had an instinctive distrust of strangers.
Pro Tip 1/3Unconscious Response
Focus on actions done without prior planning or thought, as if automatic.
Her smile was an instinctive response to the compliment.
Pro Tip 2/3Inborn Ability
Used to describe skills or behaviors that seem to be present from birth.
Ducks have an instinctive ability to swim.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Reaction
Refers to a quick, unplanned reaction to a situation or event.
He had an instinctive distrust of strangers.
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Blueprint for a quiet...
instinctively with the oppressed and an Fe grew older he learned how to speak out on their behalf but he remained always a shy and quiet man believing that these traits were his greatest source of strength the boy's name was Mohandas Gandhi and he later uttered for me the most important sentences in human
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Does grammar matter? -...
Descriptivism, on the other hand, gives us insight into how our minds work and the instinctive ways in which we structure our view of the world. Ultimately, grammar is best thought of as a set of linguistic habits that are constantly being negotiated and reinvented by the entire group of language users.
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Does time exist? -...
we instinctively know that the coloring will drift out from the drop, eventually filling the glass. Imagine watching the opposite happen. Here, we’d recognize time as unfolding backwards. We live in a universe where the food coloring spreads out in the water, not a universe where it collects together.
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First Look: The Long...
happened so quickly and instinctively that their true impact could only be revealed in hindsight. What has emerged, looking back all these years later, is a portrait not just of courage and sacrifice, but one of family... You doing all right? not just at home and on the front lines,
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Are we sexual omnivores?...
greater respect for unconventional relationship configurations like same-sex marriage or polyamorous unions, and that we'll finally put to rest the idea that men have some innate, instinctive right to monitor and control women's sexual behavior.
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The art of asking PIPE...
Now, the online tools to make the exchange as easy and as instinctive as the street, they're getting there. But the perfect tools aren't going to help us if we can't face each other and give and receive fearlessly, but, more important --
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I grew up in the...
that instinctively ran through my mind about nearly every person I saw. I realized that now I needed to learn. I needed to listen. This has been at the front of my mind lately, because I can't help but see in our public discourse
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How racial bias works --...
and we do this by instinctively relying on patterns that seem predictable. Yet, just as the categories we create allow us to make quick decisions, they also reinforce bias. So the very things that help us to see the world
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Ants vs Crab PIPE Natural...
Raiders do what's natural their swarm all over their intended victim but there's no way they're tiny jaws are going to pierce the crabs thick outer skeleton instinctively they probed for its weak points
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The Case for Radically...
You've given me my answer already. We all know instinctively, the majority are going to pick the old bit. Why? Because we all know the new bit will be characterless and boring.
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Blueprint for a quiet...
instinctively with the oppressed and an Fe grew older he learned how to speak out on their behalf but he remained always a shy and quiet man believing that these traits were his greatest source of strength the boy's name was Mohandas Gandhi and he later uttered for me the most important sentences in human
Video examples
Does grammar matter? -...
Descriptivism, on the other hand, gives us insight into how our minds work and the instinctive ways in which we structure our view of the world. Ultimately, grammar is best thought of as a set of linguistic habits that are constantly being negotiated and reinvented by the entire group of language users.
Video examples
Does time exist? -...
we instinctively know that the coloring will drift out from the drop, eventually filling the glass. Imagine watching the opposite happen. Here, we’d recognize time as unfolding backwards. We live in a universe where the food coloring spreads out in the water, not a universe where it collects together.
Video examples
First Look: The Long...
happened so quickly and instinctively that their true impact could only be revealed in hindsight. What has emerged, looking back all these years later, is a portrait not just of courage and sacrifice, but one of family... You doing all right? not just at home and on the front lines,
Video examples
Are we sexual omnivores?...
greater respect for unconventional relationship configurations like same-sex marriage or polyamorous unions, and that we'll finally put to rest the idea that men have some innate, instinctive right to monitor and control women's sexual behavior.
Video examples
The art of asking PIPE...
Now, the online tools to make the exchange as easy and as instinctive as the street, they're getting there. But the perfect tools aren't going to help us if we can't face each other and give and receive fearlessly, but, more important --
Video examples
I grew up in the...
that instinctively ran through my mind about nearly every person I saw. I realized that now I needed to learn. I needed to listen. This has been at the front of my mind lately, because I can't help but see in our public discourse
Video examples
How racial bias works --...
and we do this by instinctively relying on patterns that seem predictable. Yet, just as the categories we create allow us to make quick decisions, they also reinforce bias. So the very things that help us to see the world
Video examples
Ants vs Crab PIPE Natural...
Raiders do what's natural their swarm all over their intended victim but there's no way they're tiny jaws are going to pierce the crabs thick outer skeleton instinctively they probed for its weak points
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The Case for Radically...
You've given me my answer already. We all know instinctively, the majority are going to pick the old bit. Why? Because we all know the new bit will be characterless and boring.
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Ida B. Wells
American Activist
I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
My childhood was protected by love and a comfortable home. Yet, while still a very young child, I began instinctively to feel that there was something lacking, even in my own home, some false conception of family relations, some incomplete ideal.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.
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Ethel Waters
American Musician
I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Modern medicine, for all its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively.
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David Duchovny
American Actor
I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character.
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Ainsley Harriott
English Chef
In our house caring about food is pretty instinctive.
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Tony Abbott
Australian Politician
I instinctively try to protect people from filth.
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Ida B. Wells
American Activist
I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
My childhood was protected by love and a comfortable home. Yet, while still a very young child, I began instinctively to feel that there was something lacking, even in my own home, some false conception of family relations, some incomplete ideal.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.
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Ethel Waters
American Musician
I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Modern medicine, for all its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively.
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David Duchovny
American Actor
I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character.
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Ainsley Harriott
English Chef
In our house caring about food is pretty instinctive.
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Tony Abbott
Australian Politician
I instinctively try to protect people from filth.
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