survival instinct

Definitions

1. 1

   Any of various unlearned, unthinking responses that serve to preserve one's life or make…

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

   • The instinct most likely to intrude on the survival instinct is the instinct of sex, which stands in the same relation to the preservation of the race as does the survival instinct to the preservation of the individual.
   • The prey drive, or chase instinct, is another survival instinct.
2. 2

   The will to live and thrive.

   • The Cicadas' must be one of the most chillingly vivid of all of Elizabeth's narratives of sexual predatoriness, emotional vulnerability, and the mean-spirited but triumphant survival instinct that forms the jungle of human struggle.
   • The better approach is to show them that their survival instinct is tied to cooperation, not turf.
   • Hunger, deprivation and humiliation were our constant companions, and only hope and our survival instinct kept us going.

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