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INSTINCTIVE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does instinctive mean?

• INSTINCTIVE (adjective)
The adjective INSTINCTIVE has 1 sense:

1. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct

Familiarity information: INSTINCTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INSTINCTIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct

Synonyms:

instinctive; natural

Context examples:

a cat's natural aversion to water / offering to help was as instinctive as breathing

Similar:

self-generated; spontaneous (happening or arising without apparent external cause)

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