Definitions
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- noun an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
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synonyms (34)
Words with the same meaning
- action and reaction
- answer
- automatic reaction
- automatic writing
- automatism
- autonomic reaction
- blind impulse
- bounceback
- compulsiveness
- conditioning
- echo
- echolalia
- echopraxia
- impulse
- instinct
- instinctiveness
- involuntariness
- predictable response
- reaction
- reflection
- reflex
- refluence
- reflux
- reply
- respondence
- response
- retroaction
- return
- reverberation
- revulsion
- rise
- sheer chemistry
- unthinking response
- unwilledness
hyponyms (75)
Words more specific or concrete
- Babinski reflex
- accommodation reflex
- babinski
- babinski sign
- belch
- belching
- blink
- blinking
- blush
- breaking wind
- burp
- burping
- defecation reflex
- disgorgement
- electric shock
- electrical shock
- emesis
- eructation
- eye blink
- fart
- farting
- flatus
- flush
- gag reflex
- goose bump
- goose pimple
- goose skin
- goosebump
- gooseflesh
- gulp
- gulping
- hiccough
- hiccup
- horripilation
- jump
- knee jerk
- knee-jerk reflex
- light reflex
- micturition reflex
- miosis
- mydriasis
- myosis
- myotactic reflex
- nictation
- nictitation
- oscitance
- oscitancy
- patellar reflex
- pharyngeal reflex
- pilomotor reflex
- plantar reflex
- puking
- pupillary reflex
- rectal reflex
- regurgitation
- rooting reflex
- shake
- shiver
- shock
- singultus
- sneeze
- sneezing
- start
- startle
- sternutation
- stretch reflex
- suckling reflex
- tremble
- vomit
- vomiting
- wind
- wink
- winking
- yawn
- yawning
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