instinctive

• Diz-se de um comportamento ou reação que é natural, automático e não aprendido; que surge sem raciocínio consciente ou controle voluntário.

Describes a behavior or reaction that is natural, automatic, and not learned.

1. Unthinking or automaticB2formal

   Acting or done without conscious thought, as if driven by an inborn impulse.

   Instintivo ou automático

   • His reaction to the danger was purely instinctive.
   • She had an instinctive understanding of the problem.
   • The cat's instinctive fear of water made it avoid the pool.

   Sinônimosautomaticintuitiveinvoluntaryknee jerkmechanicalreflexspontaneousunconsciousunthinking

   Antônimosconsciousconsidereddeliberatethoughtful