Instinct and Soul

Instinct

Instinct noun - Inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli.

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Soul and instinct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Soul" instead a noun "Instinct".

Soul noun - An immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power.

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Instinct and soul are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instinct" instead a noun "Soul".

Nearby Words: soulless, soulful

good	good instinct	good soul
full	full instinct	full soul
pure	pure instinct	pure soul
original	original instinct	original soul
Other adjectives: noble, single, simple, strong, powerful, collective, little, caring.

This chaotic impulse accumulates through several reincarnations, existing as an instinct inherent to the person's soul, but it's not necessarily something to be followed.

Source: Analysis / Nasuverse
One explanation could be that the vampires "having no soul" means that they are on par with robots or zombies -they are just reanimated corpses with an unwavering instinct to kill and spread their kind, albeit with higher reasoning powers filtered through the personality of their host.

Source: Depending on the Writer
In the animated adaptation of Samurai Deeper Kyo, this was Onime no Kyo's revised origin; he was essentially the fighting instinct within the soul of Mibu Kyoshiro, distilled into a separate and powerful body the Mibu created.

Source: Enemy Without

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