Usually means: Innate drive to avoid death.
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  1. survival instinct: Merriam-Webster
  2. survival instinct: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Survival Instinct, Survival instinct: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. survival instinct: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. survival instinct: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (survival instinct)

noun:  Any of various unlearned, unthinking responses that serve to preserve one's life or make it difficult to risk one's life.
noun:  (by extension) The will to live and thrive.

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