Synonyms for reflex

Grammar : Adj

Spell : adjective, noun ree-fleks; verb ri-fleks

Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun ˈri flɛks; verb rɪˈflɛks

Définition of reflex

Origin : c.1500, "reflection of light," from verb reflex meaning "refract, deflect" (late 14c.), from Late Latin reflexus "a bending back," noun use of past participle of reflectere (see reflection). Meaning "involuntary nerve stimulation" first recorded 1877, from reflex action (1833).

adj mechanical

Example sentences :

But pride in things wrought is no reflex of a completed task.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

His hand was still resting on it so he picked it up by reflex.
Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison

But I may also neglect this reflex standard and absolve me to myself.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

A reflex of the child's old joy in the Festivals glowed in his soul.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Some of our acts were reflex, some were chiefly instinctive, and some were volitional.
Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts

And so it is with a multitude of reflex and instinctive acts.
Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts

Reflex action hurled him back, his hand out of range of the ray.
Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell

A reflex flow of salt water, running in slowly at the bottom.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 » by Various

Only a reflex made me gasp, "I will take immediate delivery."
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

The young American had a passion for books which were the reflex of great minds.
Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

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