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Discover LudwigThe phrase "basic human instinct" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to fundamental, innate behaviors or reactions that are common to all humans.
Example: "Survival is often driven by basic human instinct, compelling individuals to seek food and shelter."
Alternatives: "fundamental human nature" or "innate human behavior."
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"Otherwise they revert to very basic human instinct," said Haberfeld.
"It is not just society -- it is biology, it is basic human instinct".
This is the parliamentary draftman's way of putting into law the basic human instinct for fairness.
Once it would have been basic human instinct to react to violence on this scale with more violence.
Some say inheritance tax (IHT) creates a fairer society; others that it goes against the basic human instinct to provide for those who come after.
It's a basic human instinct, a more elevated version of shouting at the driver of the car you've just smashed into.
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"They're all appealing to basic human instincts".
They come from the most basic human instincts of all.
It also plays to very basic human instincts of self-preservation, which in itself is alluring".
My reaction concerns certain more basic human instincts -- mortality, love, honor -- that are really at the center of the poem".
We may look different, speak differently, but basic human instincts as they manifest themselves on this island are much the same.
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