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Unlike the Instinctual, which is an automatic response created within a species through normal evolution for the survival of the species, an extinctual response is a misguided intellectual or ignorant reaction to environmental stimuli resulting in a negative outcome for, or even possibly extinction of, the species, or the egregore of a species.
“Ingestion of harmful chemicals such as alcohol may be an extinctual response to stress”
Extinctually (adv)
Extinctualism (n.)
“Ingestion of harmful chemicals such as alcohol may be an extinctual response to stress”
Extinctually (adv)
Extinctualism (n.)
by Rgeb October 16, 2019
Apr 24 Word of the Day
A cultural and aesthetic mind-state that prioritizes making money, even as an “underground” or “radical” creator. The work isn’t made for money, but it’s the money that matters the most.
by Pop Pop Bienstock April 01, 2021