German Meaning of instinct

Instinkt

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Definitions and Meaning of instinct in English

Wordnet

instinct (n)

inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli

Wordnet

instinct (s)

(followed by `with') deeply filled or permeated

Webster

instinct (a.)

Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.

Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished.

Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.

A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.

Webster

instinct (v. t.)

To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.

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Instinkt

inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli, (followed by `with') deeply filled or permeatedUrged or stimulated from within; naturally moved

Disposition,Impuls,Neigung,Fähigkeit,Tendenz,Affinität,Voreingenommenheit,Fähigkeit,Kompetenz,Fahren

No antonyms found.

instimulate => anregen, instilment => Ratenzahlung, instillment => Tilgungsrate, instilllatory => instillatorisch, instilllator => Einträufler,