In making a decision, I rely not on logic but on instinct.
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Instinct
//ˈɪn.stɪŋkt//
Synonyms for "instinct" (127 found)
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Strong matches (38)
Related words (63)
liabilitylibidolikinglong suitmakingsmetiernatural endowmentnatural giftnatural impulsenatural instinctnatural tendencynotionpartspenchantperceptionpotentialpowerpowerspredilectionpredisposition
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prejudiceprimitive selfprobabilityproclivitypronenesspropensityqualificationquick hunchreadinessreflexreflex actionrepletesensitivitysensitivity tosheer chemistrysixth senseskillsoft spotspecialitystrong flairstrong pointsubconscioussubconscious urgesudden thoughtsusceptibilitytalenttalentstendencythe goodsthe stufftropismturntwistunlearned capacityunreasoning impulseunwillednessurgevital impulsewarpweaknesswhat it takeswillingness
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1 entriesderived
10 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 62 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- instink noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Albanian
1 entries- instinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Arabic
3 entries- سَلِيقَة noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- غَرِيزَة noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- فِطْرَة noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Armenian
1 entries- բնազդ noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- instinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- sövqi-təbii noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- سوق طبيعى noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Belarusian
1 entries- інсты́нкт noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Bulgarian
2 entries- инсти́нкт noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- интуи́ция noun (intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought)
Catalan
1 entries- instint noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 天性 noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- 本能 noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- sevq-i tabiiy noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Czech
2 entries- instinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- pud noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Danish
1 entries- instinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Dutch
1 entries- instinct noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Esperanto
1 entries- instinkto noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Estonian
1 entries- instinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Finnish
3 entries- vaisto noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- vaisto noun (intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought)
- vietti noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
French
1 entries- instinct noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Georgian
1 entries- ინსტიქტი noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
German
1 entries- Instinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Greek
2 entries- ένστικτο noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- ένστιχτο noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Hebrew
2 entries- אִינְסְטִינְקְט noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- יֵצֶר noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Hindi
4 entries- नैसर्गिक प्रवृत्ति noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- नैसर्गिक वृत्ति noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- प्रवृत्ति noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- फ़ितरत noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Hungarian
1 entries- ösztön noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Icelandic
1 entries- eðlishvöt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Indonesian
2 entries- insting noun (intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought)
- naluri noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Italian
1 entries- istinto noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Japanese
1 entries- 本能 noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Kazakh
1 entries- инстинкт noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Khmer
1 entries- សភាវគតិ noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Korean
1 entries- 본능 noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- инстинкт noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Lao
2 entries- ສັນຊາດຍານ noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- ສັນຊາດຕະຍານ noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Latvian
1 entries- instinkts noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Lithuanian
1 entries- instinktas noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Macedonian
1 entries- инстинкт noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Malay
3 entries- garizah noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- insting noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- naluri noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Malayalam
2 entries- ജന്മവാസന noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- സഹജാവബോധം noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Māori
1 entries- rongo ā-puku noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xerîze noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- instinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- instinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- دورتش noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- سوق طبیعی noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- طبیعتك دورتمهسی noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Pashto
1 entries- غريزه noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Persian
1 entries- غریزه noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Polish
1 entries- instynkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Portuguese
1 entries- instinto noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Romanian
1 entries- instinct noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Russian
2 entries- инсти́нкт noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- интуи́ция noun (intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nágon noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- ìnstinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- на́гон noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- ѝнстинкт noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Slovak
1 entries- inštinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Slovene
1 entries- nagon noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Sotho
1 entries- tshekamelo noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Spanish
1 entries- instinto noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Swedish
1 entries- instinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Tajik
2 entries- инстинкт noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- ғариза noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Tatar
1 entries- инстинкт noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Thai
1 entries- สัญชาตญาณ noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Turkish
3 entries- insiyak noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- içgüdü noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
- sevkitabii noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Ukrainian
1 entries- інсти́нкт noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Urdu
1 entries- فِطْرَت noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Uzbek
1 entries- instinkt noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bản năng noun (natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
It cannot plausibly be argued that behaviour of such complexity derives entirely from instinct.
Source: tatoeba (49767)
That is to say, a language is something that we learn and are taught, not something that we know by instinct.
Source: tatoeba (51872)
Laughter is a human instinct, and when it comes to instinct, cultural barriers don't exist.
Source: tatoeba (268203)
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