Definition
An instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale.
In Context
- "Don't think too hard about the answers to a personality test; just go with your gut feeling."
- "Houston had a gut feeling he was being followed, so he hurried to his car."
- "“At the root are these moral intuitions — these gut feelings — and they are very strong,” said Jeff Huntsinger, a social psychologist at Loyola University Chicago who studies emotion and decision-making and collaborated with Dr. Omer’s team."
Also Said As
- gut instinct