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Adjective: instinctual  in'stingk-choo-ul
  1. Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
    "a cat's instinctual aversion to water"
    - natural, instinctive, gut

See also: self-generated, spontaneous

Encyclopedia: Instinctual