Antonyms for instinctive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-stingk-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈstɪŋk tɪv

Definition of instinctive

Origin : 1610s (implied in instinctively), from Latin instinct-, past participle stem of instinguere (see instinct) + -ive. Related: Instinctiveness.

adj reflex, automatic

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for instinctive

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