reflex
Definitions
- reflection
- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- first-person singular present indicative of reflejar
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
Equivalents
Examples
“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.”
“He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post⟳, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show⟳ brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead⟳ Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play⟳ on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive.”
“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.”
“A reflex camera uses a mirror to reflect⟳ the image onto a ground-glass viewfinder.”
“Yon gray is not the morning’s eye, ’Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow.”
“On the depths of death there swims The reflex of a human face⟳.”
“Lucy is sleeping soundly; the reflex of the dawn is high and far over the sea[.]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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