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inner sense of self-preservation inherent within creatures in the animal kingdom; sense of right and wrong for human beings that seems to come naturally; natural intuition to respond, sometimes suddenly, to sensory input; initial strong feelings experienced as new information is processed. The lion is feared throughout the animal kingdom because of its predatory instincts.
My senses aren't tingling at all -- my instincts have failed humanity! Guy 1: My instincts tell me I should NOT be doing this, but I gotta be strong! Guy 2: Dude, you're only bench-pressing like 45 pounds! If teen-aged males trusted their instincts more, they wouldn't say the (too often) famous last words: "Hey, watch THIS!" |
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