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afflatus |
creative impulse; inspiration. |
capricious |
tending to act on impulse; subject to whim or caprice; erratic and unpredictable. |
compulsion |
an irresistible impulse, usu. to do or say something opposed by one's rational mind. [1/3 definitions] |
effector |
a cell or an organ such as a muscle or gland that responds to a nerve impulse. |
feeling |
(often pl.) a sentimental or romantic impulse. [1/10 definitions] |
gratify |
to satisfy or indulge (a desire, impulse, or the like). [1/2 definitions] |
motive |
an idea, need, desire, or impulse that causes a person to act in a particular way or do a particular thing; reason. |
nausea |
a stomach disturbance marked by vomiting or the impulse to vomit; queasiness. [1/2 definitions] |
notion |
a fanciful idea or impulse. [1/3 definitions] |
on the spur of the moment |
without much thought; on a sudden impulse. |
reaction formation |
in psychoanalysis, the expression of a behavior that is opposite to a repressed impulse. |
reuptake |
in physiology, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron following transmission of a nerve impulse. |
spontaneous |
happening freely or done by impulse; not forced. [1/3 definitions] |
sublimate |
to divert the expression of (a crude impulse or desire, often sexual) into a socially acceptable or more ideal form. [1/4 definitions] |
Thanatos |
(often l.c.) in psychiatry, an instinct or impulse to seek peace in nonexistence, often manifested in aggressive behavior; death instinct. [1/2 definitions] |
urge |
a natural desire or impulse to do something. [1/5 definitions] |
vasoconstriction |
constriction or narrowing of a blood vessel or vessels, as in response to a nerve impulse. |
vasodilation |
dilation or widening of a blood vessel or vessels, as in response to a nerve impulse. |
whim |
a sudden odd or capricious desire, impulse, notion, or change of mind; whimsy; caprice. |
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