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instinct
/ˈɪnstɪŋkt/
noun
instynkt
/ˈinstɨŋkt/· rzeczownikDefinition
a natural quality that makes people and animals tend to behave in a particular way using the knowledge and abilities that they were born with rather than thought or training
Examples
She did not seem to have any of the usual maternal instincts.
Nie wydawała się mieć żadnych typowych instynktów macierzyńskich.
Collocations
maternal instinctgut instinctanimal instinct
Word forms
instinctsplural
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