Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - instinct
Instinct
instinct
n. & adj. --n. 1 a an innate, usu. fixed, pattern of behaviour in most animals in response to certain stimuli. b a similar propensity in human beings to act without conscious intention; innate impulsion. 2 (usu. foll. by for) unconscious skill; intuition. --predic.adj. (foll. by with) imbued, filled (with life, beauty, force, etc.). Derivatives instinctual adj. instinctually adv. Etymology: ME, = 'impulse', f. L instinctus f. instinguere incite (as IN-(2), stinguere stinct- prick)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us impulse, from instinguere to incite; akin to Latin instigare to instigate Date: 15th century a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity , 2. a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason, behavior that is mediated by reactions below the conscious level, ~ual adjective ~ually adverb II. adjective Date: 1667 impelled by an inner or animating or exciting agency, profoundly imbued ; infused ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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