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instinctive (adj.)
1640s, from Latin
instinct-
, past participle stem of
instinguere
"to incite, impel" (see
instinct
) +
-ive
. Related:
Instinctively
(1610s);
instinctiveness
. Coleridge uses
instinctivity
.
