Definitions
an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
Word origin
From Late Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere (“to bend back”), equivalent to re- + flex. Photography sense is from noun sense meaning “reflection”. Compare English reflect.
Used in a sentence
“For a while, I shall have to make a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand and perform the thousands of little gestures which constitute life on Earth, and then those gestures will become reflexes again.”
“The Middle Korean reflex for mey was mwoy 뫼”
“The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of "Little Red Riding-hood" and others.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Automatic response”6 letters
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