1. A phrase describing the act of habitually reserving judgment regarding people, places, and/or situations;

2. Avoiding forming opinions and conclusions which one is not required or beholden to form.
Ex. "It is preferable to exercise intellectual instinct if you don't have a reason not to."
by jack1e August 21, 2010
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When a human dies, their final instinct is to clench their lower orifices. This is why Necrophiliacs claim that corpses are better than the real thing.
Human 1: Dude you see that girl when she was almost stabbed.
Human 2: Yeah, you could see the clench instinct kick in.
Human 1: Yeah dude, it was hot.

Stephen Hawking: My best discovery for science was and will always be, the clench instinct.
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