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Meanings of
instinctive
in English
Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct.
natural
Related terms
spontaneous
self-generated
Usage of
instinctive
in English
1
To have them believe it at an
instinctive
level is quite another.
2
All your tastes are elemental; you operate right at the
instinctive
level.
3
After nearly four years of pulling ICBM-alert duty, this process is
instinctive
.
4
The walking are the logicians: the winged are the
instinctive
and poetic.
5
The wish of the mother was the
instinctive
law of the child.
6
The outstanding David Clifford's
instinctive
finish wasn't the focal point for regret.
7
The
instinctive
cry of the female in anger is noli me tangere.
8
It was
instinctive
;
as
instinctive
as the reciprocal flash of mutual understanding.
9
The weak in dealing with the strong have always that
instinctive
resource.
10
The reaction against GM food seems to be
instinctive
and deeply held.
11
The Martian cloudlet, like the human animal, had a complex
instinctive
nature.
12
The landlords appreciated the situation with the same
instinctive
readiness and perception.
13
The fear of man is no
instinctive
feeling in the invertebrate creation.
14
Billboard: It has to be very
instinctive
now after all these years.
15
This
instinctive
faith in mind is the basis of all genuine idealism.
16
He still had the
instinctive
crook sense to conceal his natural voice.
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instinctive
Adjective
Frequent collocations
instinctive feeling
instinctive movement
instinctive fear
instinctive desire
instinctive reaction
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Instinctive
through the time
Instinctive
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common