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• n  an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
• s  without volition or conscious control
  a reflex knee jerk
  sneezing is reflexive

• They resent with equal ferocity the reflex stereotyping that labels any civic dysfunction anywhere in the world "another Calcutta.
• The eye reflex is mediated by the brain stem, and that's the area that keeps us alive; if that doesn't work, then that means that the brain itself isn't working.
• This reflex can help us conserve the oxygen we do have, but it doesn't do much for the painful muscle spasms.

• reflex response
• reflex action
• instinctive reflex
• innate reflex
• inborn reflex
• unconditioned reflex
• physiological reaction
• automatic
• reflexive

News & Articles

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• Neil LaBute and the Triumph of the Insult Comments Section
  Neil LaBute is not known as a particularly nice playwright—his vitriol is like a reflex. So when a critic wrote a callous review of his latest Reasons to Be Happy, LaBute jumped straight into the online comments section to chastise him. 
  June 12, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News
• Reflex CES Records Four Consecutive Years of Growth in its FPGA-Based Systems
  Reflex CES, a leading provider of custom embedded and complex systems, today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012. The company posted annual revenues of €7.8M and annual net profits of €1M . These figures represent an increase of 13.2% over 2011 and 22% of compound annual growth rate for the last four years, giving Reflex CES four consecutive years with net profits representing more ...
  June 11, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• DataFluidics Releases Reflex, Changes the Landscape of Ultra-Low Latency Data Processing
  DataFluidics™, the innovative provider of ultra-low latency technology today announced the general availability of Reflex™, a revolutionary data processing platform for financial institutions.
  June 11, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Kathleen Parker in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Kathleen Parker, writing in the National Review Online, says her "cringe reflex is exhausted" after watching the Alaska governor stumble through TV interviews and it's become clear to her that Palin is out of her league.
• Arsene Wenger in BBC Sport
  Of course we want to stamp out cheating in the game,Wenger said. "It is not necessarily cheating sometimes, it (handball) can be a reflex as well."
• Kofi Annan in Washington Post
  There is more than enough blame to go around,Annan said. "It can be shared among those who value abstract notions of sovereignty more than the lives of real families, those whose reflex of solidarity puts them on the side of governments...