What is another word for instinctual?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnstˈɪŋkt͡ʃuːə͡l], [ ɪnstˈɪŋktʃuːəl], [ ɪ_n_s_t_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_tʃ_uː_əl]
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Synonyms for Instinctual:
adj.
• automatic (adjective) • instinctive (adjective)- ingrained,
- typical,
- impulsive,
- spontaneous,
- inborn,
- inherent,
- native,
- unlearned,
- mechanical,
- rooted,
- intrinsic,
- knee-jerk,
- unpremeditated,
- accustomed,
- innate,
- regular,
- congenital,
- natural,
- normal,
- unthinking.
- unreflecting,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- sly,
- tricky,
- shrewd,
- canny,
- clever,
- sophisticated,
- far-sighted,
- untaught,
- astute,
- artful,
- wily,
- insightful.
- most grudging,
- un intended,
- un controlled,
- un witting,
- more uncalculated,
- willless,
- more will less,
- more willless,
- un-controlled,
- un-willing,
- most reflexive,
- most will less,
- most will-less,
- will less,
- more grudging,
- un-calculated,
- un willing,
- be-grudging,
- more begrudging,
- most willless,
- most begrudging,
- in-voluntary,
- in voluntary,
- most uncalculated,
- more reflexive,
- un-witting,
- un-intended,
- un calculated,
- be grudging,
- more will-less.
n.
Other synonyms:
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- animal.
- impetuous,
- in the blood,
- incarnate,
- hereditary,
- immediate,
- subhuman,
- brute,
- intestinal,
- unguarded,
- instinctively,
- organic,
- unbidden,
- robot-like,
- offhand,
- indigenous,
- animalistic,
- subconscious,
- lifelike,
- mechanic,
- inbred,
- coeval,
- zoological,
- brutal,
- conditioned,
- deep-rooted,
- primal,
- unwitting,
- inherited,
- born,
- atavistic,
- emotional,
- beastly,
- gut,
- deep-seated,
- unconditioned,
- bodily,
- reflex,
- temperamental,
- unintentional,
- basic,
- second nature,
- physical,
- genetic,
- unforced,
- mindless,
- uncontrolled,
- bestial,
- dumb,
- robotic,
- connate,
- heartfelt,
- uncontrollable,
- constitutional.
How to use "Instinctual" in context?
There is a lot of debate about what instincts are, and what they really mean. Some people say that instincts are innate tendencies, and that people have them innately. The thing that makes someone good at something, for example; karate, tennis, or soccer. These people would say that karate practitioners, tennis players, and soccer players have an innate ability to play these sports well, based on their own personal qualities, and that they have little or no training or practice needed to be successful at them.
Others would say that instincts are something that a person develops through experience and practice.
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