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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Instinctive \In*stinc"tive\, a. [Cf. F. instinctif.]
Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by,
instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural
impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning,
deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous.
"Instinctive motion." --Milton. "Instinctive dread."
--Cowper.
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With taste instinctive give
Each grace appropriate. --Mason.
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Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of
some absent friends? --Bp. Hall.
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Note: The terms instinctive belief, instinctive judgment,
instinctive cognition, are expressions not ill adapted
to characterize a belief, judgment, or cognition,
which, as the result of no anterior consciousness, is,
like the products of animal instinct, the intelligent
effect of (as far as we are concerned) an unknown
cause. --Sir H. Hamilton.

Syn: Natural; voluntary; spontaneous; original; innate;
inherent; automatic.
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