Antonyms for reflex
ˈri flɛks; rɪˈflɛksre·flex

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1. reflexadjective

   Synonyms:
   re-entrant

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1. reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reactionadjective

   an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

   Antonyms:
   voluntary

   Synonyms:
   reflex action, reflex response, physiological reaction, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex

2. automatic, reflex(a), reflexiveadjective

   without volition or conscious control

   "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"

   Antonyms:
   voluntary

How to use reflex in a sentence?

1. Antonin Artaud:

   It is almost impossible to be a doctor and an honest man, but it is obscenely impossible to be a psychiatrist without at the same time bearing the stamp of the most incontestable madness: that of being unable to resist that old atavistic reflex of the mass of humanity, which makes any man of science who is absorbed by this mass a kind of natural and inborn enemy of all genius.

2. Scott Caulfield:

   Jumping falls into a type of exercise we call plyometrics, these exercises involve quicker, shorter motions that stimulate the stretch reflex. That reflex is responsible for explosive movement, like an outfielder reacting to a fly ball.

3. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Who wears the skin of the predator has no predator reflex. (Qui porte la peau du prédateur - N'a pas réflexe de prédateur.)

4. David Hu:

   They've been hypothesized to act as sun shades, dust catchers and blink-reflex triggers, but there's been no really systematic study of what their true benefits are.

5. Darius Paduch:

   It’s due to the vagal reflex, in which a nerve signal from your testicles travels up your spinal cord and brain stem and activates the nausea and vomiting centers in your brain.

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