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instinct

in·stinct

instinct

 
 
pronunciation:
In stingkt
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part of speech: noun
definition: natural behavior that is not learned.
Instinct makes birds fly south in winter.
similar words:
drive, sense, tendency, urge
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derivation: instinctual (adj.)
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