Associations to the word «Instinctive»
Noun
- Dread
- Aversion
- Dislike
- Shrinking
- Distrust
- Recoil
- Delicacy
- Tact
- Impulse
- Instinct
- Craving
- Lorenz
- Natural
- Urge
- Sympathy
- Tendency
- Reaction
- Avoidance
- Apprehension
- Perception
- Hatred
- Liking
- Conscious
- Propensity
- Tenderness
- Gesture
- Reluctance
- Grasp
- Modesty
- Caution
- Reasoning
- Feeling
- Drowning
- Desire
- Reverence
- Jealousy
- Prompting
- Intellect
- Resentment
- Deference
- Fear
- Consciousness
- Behavior
- Conservatism
- Sentiment
- Prudence
- Certainty
- Understanding
- Habit
- Stimulus
- Flying
- Affection
- Sense
- Preoccupation
- Readiness
- Awe
- Conviction
- Terror
- Superiority
- Emotion
- Inclination
- Familiarity
- Behaviour
- Crouch
- Instant
- Knowledge
- Obedience
Adjective
Wiktionary
INSTINCTIVE, adjective. Related to or prompted by instinct
INSTINCTIVE, adjective. Driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.
INSTINCTIVE DRIFT, noun. The tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response
Dictionary definition
INSTINCTIVE, adjective. Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.