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Synonyms:
- spontaneous, random, visceral, intuitive, astute, far-sighted, instinctive, accidental, arbitrary, unintended, insightful, wily, coincidental, thoughts, involuntary, sly, shrewd, clever, crafty, sophisticated, mechanical, mechanic, by accident, canny, robotic, knee-jerk, artful, tricky, impromptu, cunning
Examples:
- - The same vitalistic argument is applicable to the lower mental processes and to the instinctual powers in man, because we cannot at any time, in viewing the complete evolution of man as a twofold being composed of a physical and a psychical part, force aside Fechner's conviction that the problem is a psycho- physical one. - "The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries", W. Y. Evans Wentz
- - They had to be capable of learning and of passing on what they'd learned, or they'd never have gotten past an instinctual social system. - "A Matter of Importance", William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- - There were clearly wrong actions, actions of hate, but these were not issues of morality but the loss of a logical restraint to instinctual passions of destruction for the sake of self- preservation. - "An Apostate: Nawin of Thais", Steven Sills
Antonyms:
- considered, voluntary, rehearsed, measured, meticulous, cultivated, calculated, intended, willed, projected, reasoned, volitional, careful, prepared, aforethought, intentional, studied, thoughtful, deliberate, forethoughtful, refined, advised, designed, willful, predetermined, nonmechanical, foresighted, conscious
