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instinct

inherent inclination of a living organism
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Summary

instinct ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,162 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: biological mechanism[2], behavior[3]
  • Part of: psychological terminology[4]
  • Said to be the same as: Q12890392[5]
  • Opposite of: mind[6]
  • Topic's main category: Q9558938[7]
  • Described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[11]
  • Different from: Instynkt[12], Instinct[13]
  • Next lower rank: unconditioned reflex[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

instinct has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] instinct is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → instinct
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: instinct, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936437|instinct (#289936437)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4VhQiz
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541) 2"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0249299-instinkty
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0249299-instinkty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → psychological terminology
    Different from → Instynkt, Instinct
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → biological mechanism, behavior
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 7897, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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