instinct
C1UK /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/US /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/
Meaning
noun
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.”
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