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Synonyms for instinctive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-stingk-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈstɪŋk tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for instinctive
Définition of instinctive
Origin :- 1610s (implied in instinctively), from Latin instinct-, past participle stem of instinguere (see instinct) + -ive. Related: Instinctiveness.
- adj reflex, automatic
- Plainly, too, he was a man of action and a man who engaged all her instinctive liking.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He turned a little way from her, as if in instinctive repugnance.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- But with the dog and the rose this instinctive principle is reversed.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- Then, impelled by an instinctive sense of justice, she resumed.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- They might be town-reared dogs, but the instinctive fear of the Wild was theirs just the same.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Her instinctive fear of the father of her progeny was toning down.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Literature and art, at their noblest, function in that instinctive way.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- It had carried an alien note that overcame him with instinctive fear and horror.
- Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson
- Every animal species has an instinctive repugnance to pair with another.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- She hesitated in the doorway, oppressed by an instinctive dread.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
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