preintellectual

From pre- +‎ intellectual.

preintellectual (not comparable)

1. Before the development or the use of the intellect.
   • 2011, Don Domanski, Brian Bartlett, Earthly Pages: The Poetry of Don Domanski, page 55:

     Instinct on the other hand is preintellectual. The question is how and why it happens at all.