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Reflex

ˈriːflɛks

Reflex definitions

noun

Inflections:

reflex reflexes

an action that is performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus

"a newborn baby is equipped with basic reflexes"
- (in reflexology) a response in a part of the body to stimulation of a corresponding point on the feet, hands, or head
  
  "reflex points"
a thing which is determined by and reproduces the essential features or qualities of something else

"politics was no more than a reflex of economics"
- a word formed by development from an earlier stage of a language
a reflected source of light

"the reflex from the window lit his face"

adjective

Inflections:

reflex reflexed

(of an action) performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus

"sneezing is a reflex action"

Synonyms:
instinctive automatic mechanical involuntary knee-jerk reflexive impulsive intuitive spontaneous unconscious subliminal unthinking unpremeditated unconditioned untaught unlearned unintentional unwitting inadvertent accidental
(of an angle) exceeding 180°
(of light) reflected
- bent or turned backwards
- (of a thought) directed or turned back upon the mind itself; introspective
  
  "an act of consciousness is a reflex act with its own object, viz. the act of knowledge itself"