survival instinct

noun

: ability to know what to do to stay alive
an animal's survival instinct

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Granted, the California heat waves could blunt any Nordic survival instinct. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 After a while, a sort of austere survival instinct kicked in for me. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 This is antithetical to every survival instinct in your body. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026 His new films taps into the mood in his native Russia in 2022 with a twist-laden tale of privilege, betrayal, jealously, primordial survival instinct and compromise in a Russian provincial city. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for survival instinct

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“Survival instinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/survival%20instinct. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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