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| Main Entry: | gut reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immediate response |
| Synonyms: | knee-jerk, reflex, spontaneous reaction, Pavlovian response, unthinking response |
| Main Entry: | emotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental state |
| Synonyms: | affect, affection, agitation, anger, ardor, commotion, concern, desire, despair, despondency, disturbance, drive, ecstasy, elation, empathy, excitement, feeling, fervor, grief, gut reaction, happiness, inspiration, joy, love, melancholy, passion, perturbation, pride, rage, remorse, sadness, satisfaction, sensation, sensibility, sentiment, shame, sorrow, sympathy, thrill, tremor, vehemence, warmth, zeal, affectivity, excitability, responsiveness, sensitiveness, vibes |
| Antonyms: | physicality |
| Main Entry: | instinct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gut feeling, idea |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, faculty, feeling, funny feeling*, gift, gut reaction*, hunch, impulse, inclination, intuition, knack, know-how*, nose*, predisposition, proclivity, savvy*, sense, sentiment, sixth sense*, talent, tendency, urge |
| Antonyms: | knowledge, reason |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intuition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insight |
| Synonyms: | ESP*, clairvoyance, discernment, divination, feeling*, foreknowledge, gut reaction*, hunch*, inspiration, instinct, nose*, penetration, perception, premonition, presentiment, second sight*, sixth sense*, innate knowledge, intuitiveness, perceptivity |
| Antonyms: | knowledge, reason, reasoning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sensibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsiveness; ability to feel |
| Synonyms: | affection, appreciation, awareness, discernment, emotion, feeling, gut reaction*, heart*, insight, intuition, judgment, keenness, rationale, sensation, sense, sensitivity, sentiment, susceptibility, taste, perceptiveness, sensitiveness, vibes |
| Antonyms: | apathy, indifference, insensibility, lethargy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knee-jerk reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | automatic response |
| Synonyms: | gut reaction, Pavlovian response, absence of thought, automatic reaction, involuntary impulse |
| Main Entry: | spontaneous reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unthought-out response |
| Synonyms: | gut reaction, knee-jerk, reflex, Pavlovian response, unthinking response |
| Main Entry: | sensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling, perception |
| Synonyms: | awareness, consciousness, emotion, gut reaction*, impression, passion, response, sense, sensibility, sensitivity, sentiment, susceptibility, thought, tingle, sensitiveness, vibes |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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