instinct
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source: 無彩限のファントム・ワールド 第7話 | アニメグラフィティ…という名の艦これブログ
noun |ˈinstiNG(k)t|
an innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in animals in response to certain stimuli:
〖具体例ではan (…) ～/～s 〗 «…しようとする» 本能, (自然の)衝動 «to do»
e.g. birds have an instinct to build nests
e.g. maternal instincts.
a natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking:
e.g. they retain their old authoritarian instincts.
a natural propensity or skill of a specified kind:
«…の/…をするための» 生まれつきの能力, 天分; 勘 «for/for doing, to do»
e.g. his instinct for making the most of his chances.
the fact or quality of possessing innate behavior patterns:
e.g. instinct told her not to ask the question.
adjective |inˈstiNGkt| predicative (instinct with) formal
imbued or filled with (a quality, especially a desirable one):
e.g. these canvases are instinct with passion.
ORIGIN
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘instigation, impulse’): from Latin instinctus ‘impulse’, from the verb instinguere, from in- ‘towards’ + stinguere ‘to prick’.