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   instinct

   noun

   • 1. an innate, typically fixed pattern of behaviour in animals in response to certain stimuli: "the homing instinct"
   • ▪ a natural or intuitive way of acting or thinking: "they retain their old authoritarian instincts" Similar natural tendencyinborn tendencyinherent tendencyinclinationinner promptingurgedrivecompulsionneedintuitionnatural feelingsixth sensesecond sightinsightnose
   • ▪ a natural propensity or skill of a specified kind: "his instinct for making the most of his chances" Similar talentgiftabilitycapacityfacilityfacultyaptitudeskillflairfeelgeniusknackbent
   • ▪ the fact or quality of possessing innate behaviour patterns: "instinct told her not to ask the question"

   adjective

   • 1. imbued or filled with (a quality, especially a desirable one): formal "these canvases are instinct with passion"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘instigation, impulse’): from Latin instinctus ‘impulse’, from the verb instinguere, from in- ‘towards’ + stinguere ‘to prick’.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AttentionAttention - Wikipedia

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   20 hours ago · Attention or focus, is the concentration of awareness on some phenomenon to the exclusion of other stimuli. [1] It is the selective concentration on discrete information, either subjectively or objectively. William James (1890) wrote that "Attention is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several ...