Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour, containing innate (inborn) elements.

The meaning of INSTINCT is a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity. How to use instinct in a sentence.

instinct, an inborn impulse or motivation to action typically performed in response to specific external stimuli. Today instinct is generally described as a stereotyped , apparently unlearned, genetically determined behaviour pattern.

INSTINCT definition: 1. the way people or animals naturally react or behave, without having to think or learn about it…. Learn more.

An instinct is something you don't need to learn — it happens naturally, without you even thinking about it. Babies cry by instinct, and ducks follow their mother by instinct.

INSTINCT meaning: 1 : a way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is not learned a natural desire or tendency that makes you want to act in a particular way; 2 : something you know without learning it or thinking about it

An instinct is the natural tendency that a person has to behave or react in a particular way.

Definition of instinct noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a natural quality that makes people and animals tend to behave in a particular way using the knowledge and abilities that they were born with rather than thought or training. She did not seem to have any of the usual maternal instincts.

Instinct is a feeling, rather than an opinion or idea based on facts, that something is the case. There is scientific evidence to support our instinct that being surrounded by plants is good for health.

instinct / ĭn ′ stĭngkt′ / An inherited tendency of an organism to behave in a certain way, usually in reaction to its environment and for the purpose of fulfilling a specific need.