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English word

instinct

C1
UK /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/US /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/
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

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so you could honor what your instinct told you and not be swayed by other opinions, so it could Be pure.

ROSÉ on APT., rosie & the BLACKPINK Tour

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