basic instinct meaning

Noun: instinct    in'stingkt Inborn pattern of behaviour often responsive to specific stimuli "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in ...

Noun: death instinct    dethin'stingkt (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die - death wish , Thanatos Derived forms: death instincts Type of: impulse , ur...

noun   The instinct that urges men or animals to act upon contagious impulses or to follow the herd; [Finance] A mentality characterized by a lack of individuality, causing peo...

n. [ c ] the ambition to succeed at all costs while not caring who suffers from it; [American slang] Cliché an inborn desire or ability to be ruthless.    Fred ha...

noun   (in psychoanalysis) the instinct for self-preservation and reproduction; [Medicine] n : EROS

Adjective: basic    beysik Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opini...

[Computer] < language > A version of BASIC for Apple computers.

Noun: basic assumption An assumption that is basic to an argument - constatation , self-evident truth Derived forms: basic assumptions Type of: assumption , supposal , ...

[Computer] Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).

[Law] See COMPENSATION.