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IRRATIONAL IMPULSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does irrational impulse mean?
• IRRATIONAL IMPULSE (noun)
The noun IRRATIONAL IMPULSE has 1 sense:
1. a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
Familiarity information: IRRATIONAL IMPULSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting goals
Context example:
the urge to find out got him into trouble
Hypernyms ("irrational impulse" is a kind of...):
irrational motive (a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "irrational impulse"):
compulsion; irresistible impulse (an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid)
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