Found 2 items, similar to instinctive.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: instinctive
instinctive
adj : unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct;
“a cat's
natural aversion to water”;
“offering to help was as
instinctive as breathing” [syn:
natural]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
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With taste instinctive give
Each grace appropriate. --Mason.
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Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of
some absent friends? --Bp. Hall.
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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.
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