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Meanings of social instincts in English

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Usage of social instincts in English
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She never made a mistake; she was born with strong social instincts.
Tancred; Or, The New Crusade
2
Her wonderful social instincts, her memory, her adroitness, had somehow failed her.
Lady Rose's Daughter
3
He jerked it off; but for the rest, his social instincts failed him.
King Coal : a Novel
4
Opdyke rallied swiftly to this unlooked-for demand upon his social instincts.
The Brentons
5
Their social instincts hardly extend beyond the limits of the hive or the nest.
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
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The social instincts of the rat are less highly developed.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 150, February 2, 1916
7
The sex desires and instincts struggle with, overcome or harmonize with the social instincts.
The Foundations of Personality
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They dislike the noisy chatterings when a flock is simply indulging its social instincts.
Bird Neighbors / An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred a...
9
The social instincts distinguish man from the brute, and they must be cherished and encouraged.
Purple Springs
10
Against this he urges his intelligence and social instincts.
Darwin and Modern Science
11
But Mrs. Rexford, blessed with surer social instincts, understood the value of judicious lapses in etiquette.
The favorites: a novel
12
He holds that their foundation lies in the social instincts under which term are included family ties.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era / A Supplementa...
13
It is our primitive animal instincts we are so proud of: our social instincts we scarcely recognize.
The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)
14
We were speaking of their social instincts.
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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He had offended Jordan's social instincts: he had not thought it worth while to wait for an invitation.
The Goose Man
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She was so aghast that my social instincts got the better of my brain, and I backed down.
Anathem
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