preintellectual

adj

preintellectual

adj

Etymology From pre- + intellectual.

1

Before the development or the use of the intellect.

Instinct on the other hand is preintellectual. The question is how and why it happens at all.2011, Don Domanski, Brian Bartlett, Earthly Pages: The Poetry of Don Domanski, page 55:

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