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1. An enduring disposition or tendency of an organism to act in an organized and biologically adaptive manner characteristic of its species. 2. The unreasoning impulse to perform some purposive action without an immediate consciousness of the end to which that action may lead. 3. In psychoanalytic theory, the forces or drives assumed to exist behind the tension caused by the needs of the id. [L. instinctus, impulse]

- aggressive i. SYN: death i..

- death i. an i. of living creatures toward self-destruction, death, or a return to the inorganic lifelessness from which they arose. SYN: aggressive i..

- ego instincts self-preservative needs and self-love, as opposed to object love; drives that are primarily erotic.

- herd i. tendency or inclination to band together with and share the customs of others of a group, and to conform to the opinions and adopt the views of the group. SYN: social i..

- life i. the i. of self-preservation and sexual procreation; the basic urge toward preservation of the species. SYN: sexual i..

- sexual i. SYN: life i..

- social i. SYN: herd i..

in·stinct 'in-.stiŋ(k)t n

1) a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason

2) behavior that is mediated by reactions below the conscious level

1. a complex pattern of behaviour innately determined, which is characteristic of all individuals of the same species. The behaviour is released and modified by environmental stimuli, but its pattern is relatively uniform and predetermined.

2. an innate drive that urges the individual towards a particular goal (for example, libido in psychoanalytic psychology).