reflex action

Noun

Meaning

an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

reflex instinct reflex response automatism respondence unconditioned reflex inborn reflex innate reflex instinctive reflex physiological reaction

Hypernyms

response reaction

Hyponyms

start wink sneeze wind jump shock

Examples

Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action. W. Edwards Deming

How do you develop the subconscious of an organization?... There's no time to take decisions deep into the brain-no time to take it to the data warehouse. It has to become a reflex action. We're developing the gut. Sumit Chowdhury

Close letter words and terms

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