Instinctivity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. uncountable, usually

    "There is growth only in plants; but there is irritability, or, a better word, instinctivity, in insects."

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"There is growth only in plants; but there is irritability, or, a better word, instinctivity, in insects."

Etymology

From instinctive + -ity.

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