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instinct

Definition for instinct

noun as in gut feeling, idea

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As the film explores the distinctions between behaving from instinct versus intellect — a battle between heart and mind — there is a chilly distance that Anderson never quite bridges.

In other words, her instincts and approach in the Home Office might make some within the party squeamish.

From BBC

This raises an important question: Will trading Chinese control for Ellison’s ideologically driven instincts solve America’s misinformation problem?

From Salon

And "he only gets to the right answer having exhausted all the other options," rather than moving fast using a gut political instinct.

From BBC

Others say Labour cannot highlight its instinct to be tough too much, given the instinct of many, fairly or otherwise, is to assume they might be the opposite.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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