Instinctive
21instinctive — [ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv] adj done without thinking, because of a natural tendency or ability His reaction was purely instinctive.[/ex] instinctively adv …
22instinctive — adj. 1 relating to or prompted by instinct. 2 apparently unconscious or automatic (an instinctive reaction). Derivatives: instinctively adv …
23Instinctive drift — or instinctual drift is the tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response. The concept originated with B. F. Skinner s former students Keller and Marian Breland …
24Instinctive aiming — is a technique used by trained archers and marksmen to improve general accuracy when using a bow, firearm, or other ranged weapon. By developing a feel for a given weapon such as a pistol, the shooter can become so accustomed to the weapon s… …
25instinctive belief — index credence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
26instinctive drift — noun the tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response …
27instinctive reflex — noun an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus • Syn: ↑reflex, ↑reflex response, ↑reflex action, ↑innate reflex, ↑inborn reflex, ↑unconditioned reflex, ↑physiological reaction …
28instinctive — adjective a) related to or prompted by instinct b) driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking …
29instinctive — Synonyms and related words: animal, animalian, animalic, animalistic, atavistic, automatic, beastlike, beastly, bestial, blind, bodily, born, brutal, brute, brutelike, brutish, coeval, compulsive, conditioned, congenital, connatal, connate,… …
30instinctive — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Automatic] Syn. mechanical, intuitive, reflex, unlearned; see automatic 2 , habitual 1 , inherent . 2. [Natural] Syn. spontaneous, accustomed, normal; see natural 1 , 2 , spontaneous . See Synonym Study at spontaneous .… …