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Another word for instinct

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instinct

n.

sense, feel, impulse, intuition, automatic response, aptitude, proclivity, bent, knack, gift, natural tendency, drive; see also ability 1, hunch 2, inclination 1.

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Another word for instinct

noun

An innate capability:
aptitude, aptness, bent, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, knack, talent, turn. See ability, approach
The power to discern the true nature of a person or situation:
insight, intuition, intuitiveness, penetration, sixth sense. See thoughts

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The moment had made him acutely aware of the instinct to replicate.
It's just an instinct I have about him.
He wasn't sure which instinct was stronger.
Her first instinct was to scramble to the back of the bus and climb out.
The instinct that warned him flared again.

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