INSTINCTIVE
In*stinc"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. instinctif.]
Defn: 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. With taste instinctive give Each grace appropriate. Mason. Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent friends Bp. Hall.
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.
INSTINCTIVELY
In*stinc"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
INSTINCTIVITY
In`stinc*tiv"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. [R.]
Coleridge.
INSTIPULATE
In*stip"u*late, a.
Defn: See Exstipulate.