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Instinctive
Instinctive In*stinc"tive, a. [Cf. F. instinctif.]
Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by,
instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural
impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning,
deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous.
``Instinctive motion.' --Milton. ``Instinctive dread.'
--Cowper.
With taste instinctive give Each grace appropriate.
--Mason.
Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of
some absent friends? --Bp. Hall.
Note: The terms instinctive belief, instinctive judgment,
instinctive cognition, are expressions not ill adapted
to characterize a belief, judgment, or cognition,
which, as the result of no anterior consciousness, is,
like the products of animal instinct, the intelligent
effect of (as far as we are concerned) an unknown
cause. --Sir H. Hamilton.
Syn: Natural; voluntary; spontaneous; original; innate;
inherent; automatic.
Meaning of Instinctive from wikipedia
- 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...
-
Instinctive drift,
alternately known as
instinctual drift, is the
tendency of an
animal to
revert to
unconscious and
automatic behaviour that interferes...
- People's
Instinctive Travels and the
Paths of
Rhythm is the
debut studio album by
American hip hop
group A
Tribe Called Quest,
released on
April 10, 1990...
- (also
known as target- or threat-focused shooting,
intuitive shooting,
instinctive shooting,
subconscious tactical shooting, or hipfiring) is a practical...
- The
instinctive drowning response is an
instinctive reaction that
occurs in humans,
particularly in non-swimmers, when
close to drowning. It is focused...
- In biology, a reflex, or
reflex action, is an involuntary,
unplanned sequence or
action and
nearly instantaneous response to a stimulus.
Reflexes are found...
- psychoanalysis, the
pleasure principle (German: Lustprinzip) is the
instinctive s****ing of
pleasure and
avoiding of pain to
satisfy biological and psychological...
-
intelligence in the book:
instinctive intelligence,
adaptive intelligence, and
working and
obedience intelligence.
Instinctive intelligence refers to a...
- Prey
drive is the
instinctive inclination of a
carnivore to find, pursue, and
capture prey. The term is
chiefly used to
describe and
analyse habits in...
- collective,
which they co-founded in 1988. The group's
debut album, People's
Instinctive Travels and the
Paths of
Rhythm (1990),
established them as a critically...
