Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of various unlearned, unthinking responses that serve to preserve one's life or make it difficult to risk one's life.

    Überlebensinstinkt

  2. (broadly)The will to live and thrive.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. We all have a survival instinct, you know?

  2. Liisa's father believed his daughter needed basic survival instincts.

  3. I wonder if keeping your head down and living safely is a survival instinct.

  4. Sami's survival instinct kicked in.

  5. Vladimir's survival instincts kicked in.

Translations

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Forms

plural: survival instincts

Word family

1 related words

See also

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