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'instiŋkt(a natural tendency to behave or react in a particular way, without thinking and without having been taught: As winter approaches, swallows fly south from Britain by instinct; He has an instinct for saying the right thing.) instinkt- instinctivelyinstinktIsubst. \/ˈɪnstɪŋ(k)t\/1) instinkt2) instinktiv fornemmelse, intuisjon, intuitiv sansby instinct av instinktact (up)on instinct handle instinktivtIIadj. \/ɪnˈstɪŋ(k)t\/fylt, besjelet, mettetinstinct with fylt av, besjelet av, mettet medinstinct with feeling stemningsfull
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instinct — I n 1. impulse, inclination, tendency, leaning, propensity, proclivity, penchant, predisposition. 2. talent, gift, ability, capacity, aptitude; flair, knack, bent; trait, characteristic, faculty, habit. 3. intuition, prompting, sixth sense; sense … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
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instinct — [[t]ɪ̱nstɪŋkt[/t]] instincts 1) N VAR Instinct is the natural tendency that a person or animal has to behave or react in a particular way. I didn t have as strong a maternal instinct as some other mothers... The basis for training relies on the… … English dictionary
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