irrational impulse

Noun
  1. A strong spontaneous and irrational motivation (synset 109204011)
    "his first impulse was to denounce them"; "the urge to find out got him into trouble"
    is a type of: irrational motive - a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
    subtypes: compulsion, irresistible impulse - an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid

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