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IRRATIONAL IMPULSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
Example:
the urge to find out got him into trouble
Classified under:
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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