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say it: in-STINGK-tiv
instinctive is an adjective meaning "unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct". It carries one recorded sense.
unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
“a cat's natural aversion to water”
“offering to help was as instinctive as breathing”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for instinctive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.