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Another word for instinct

instinct Synonyms

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.
The instinct that warned him flared again.
You have a natural instinct for the simple but elegant.

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