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Meaning of impulsive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  impulsive
      adj 1: proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without
             external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection"
             [syn: {impulsive}, {unprompted}]
      2: without forethought; "letting him borrow her car was an
         impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
      3: having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal
         ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an
         impulsive force" [syn: {driving}, {impulsive}]
      4: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by
         necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian
         rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical
         persecutions" [syn: {capricious}, {impulsive}, {whimsical}]
      5: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or
         deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such
         impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display
         of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is
         archaic) [syn: {hotheaded}, {impulsive}, {impetuous},
         {madcap}, {tearaway(a)}, {brainish}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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