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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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. [1913 Webster] With taste instinctive give Each grace appropriate. --Mason. [1913 Webster] Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent friends? --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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. With taste instinctive give Each grace appropriate. --Mason. Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent friends? --Bp. Hall. 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.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
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]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
instinctive Αγγλικά a. ενστικτώδηςFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
instinctive French a. (feminine singular of fr instinctif)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
instinctive a. 1 Related to or prompted by instinct. 2 Driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
instinctive French a. (feminine singular of fr instinctif)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
instinctive French a. (feminine singular of fr instinctif)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
instinctive Ranska a. (fr-a-taivm instinct ive)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
instinctive Engelska a. instinktiv, reflexmässigFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Instinctive /ɪnstˈɪŋktɪv/ فطريFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
instinctive //ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. несъзнателен driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking 2. инстинктивен related to or prompted by instinct
instinctive /ɪnstˈɪŋktɪv/ instinktivníFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
instinctive /ɪnstˈɪŋktɪv/ instinktiv, instinktmäßigFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Synonym: instinctual
instinctive /ɪnstˈɪŋktɪv/ unwillkürlichFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]Synonym: spontaneous
instinctive /ɪnstˈɪŋktɪv/ ενστικτώδηςFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
instinctive //ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]vaistomainen, vaistonvarainen 2. driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking 3. related to or prompted by instinct
instinctive /ɪnstˈɪŋktɪv/From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]1. स्वाभाविक "She has an instinctive affection towards the animals ."
instinctive /ɪnstˈɪŋktɪv/ ösztönösFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
instinctive /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]instynktowny
instinctive //ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv//From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]instinktiv 2. driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking 3. related to or prompted by instinct
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˌɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "instinctive": animal, animalian, animalic, animalistic, atavistic, automatic, beastlike, beastly, bestial, blind, bodily, born, brutal, brute, brutelike, brutish, coeval, compulsive, conditioned, congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, dumb, forced, genetic, gut, hereditary, immediate, impulsive, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigenous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctual, intestinal, intrinsic, intuitional, intuitive, involuntary, irrational, libidinal, mechanical, mindless, native, native to, natural, natural to, nonrational, normal, organic, physical, primal, reflex, reflexive, regular, spontaneous, subconscious, subhuman, subliminal, temperamental, typical, unconscious, unintentional, unlearned, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unthinking, unwilled, unwilling, unwitting, visceral, zoic, zooidal, zoologicFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 本能的,天生的,直觉的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 本能的,天生的,直觉的