instinctive
Origin of instinctive
1- Also in·stinc·tu·al [in-stingk-choo-uhl]. /ɪnˈstɪŋk tʃu əl/.
Other words for instinctive
Other words from instinctive
- in·stinc·tive·ly, in·stinc·tu·al·ly, adverb
- half-in·stinc·tive, adjective
- non·in·stinc·tive, adjective
- non·in·stinc·tu·al, adjective
- sem·i-in·stinc·tive, adjective
- un·in·stinc·tive, adjective
- un·in·stinc·tive·ness, noun
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How to use instinctive in a sentence
To keep a commonplace is instinctual to intellectual cultivation.
Social Media: Nothing New? Commonplace Books As Predecessor to Pinterest | Kelsey McKinney | August 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTRather, there is a constant back-and-forth between the conscious and the unconscious, between the rational and the instinctual.
Your Brain Is Not as Rational as You May Think It Is | Jesse Singal | April 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis was primal and instinctual and it gripped me like an invisible claw.
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks | Max Brooks | January 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTStyle, she believes, is instinctual, however intellectual her insights might seem.
Still staring into her daughter's eyes, she reaches an instant, instinctual decision.
Phildee's probe swept past the laboring mind directly into her telepathic, instinctual centers.
Riya's Foundling | Algirdas Jonas BudrysI have the calling card of reason plus an instinctual nature.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron BrownStill, though a behaviorist, he upheld certain instinctual motivation theories.
Strange Alliance | Bryce WaltonOne concerns the human desire to form an alliance in the form of family, which seems almost instinctual.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai NadinIt was once, when men were primitively close to Nature, instinctual knowledge.
Incredible Adventures | Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for instinctive
instinctual
/ (ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv) /
of, relating to, or resulting from instinct
conditioned so as to appear innate: an instinctive movement in driving
Derived forms of instinctive
- instinctively or instinctually, adverb
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