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Reflex: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

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reflex action collapse

behavior collapse: manner of acting or controlling yourself; (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation; the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances; "the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments"

retroaction collapse

blind impulse collapse

reverberation collapse

camera collapse: equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

conditioning collapse: a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

revulsive collapse

retroactive collapse: descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously

involuntarily collapse: against your will; "he was involuntarily held against his will"

compulsively collapse: in a compulsive manner; "he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk"

uncalculated collapse

indeliberate collapse

undeliberate collapse

respondent collapse: someone who responds; the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent

sudden thought collapse

brain wave collapse

reversed collapse: turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new"

undesigned collapse: not done or made or performed with purpose or intent

inflect collapse: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language

revulsion collapse

refluent collapse

unwilling collapse: in spite of contrary volition; not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"

instinct collapse: inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"

backwash collapse

unintentional collapse: not intentional; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"; without deliberate intent; "my heart with unwilled love grew warm"- George Macdonald

flex collapse: the act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies"; cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"; bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"; contract; "flex a muscle"; exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility"

compulsive collapse: a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things; strongly motivated to succeed; caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking"

reflux collapse: an abnormal backward flow of body fluids

turned around collapse

reflexive collapse: referring back to itself

unwitting collapse: not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment"

backlash collapse: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"

automatism collapse: any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

curl collapse: American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933); form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"; play the Scottish game of curling; twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"

incurve collapse

reply collapse: the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply"

unadvised collapse: having received no information; "a defendant unadvised of her legal rights"

involuntary collapse: not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy; controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start"

instinctive collapse

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