IRRATIONAL IMPULSE

Pronunciation (US):

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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:

Nouns denoting goals

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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