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   reflex

   /ˈriːflɛks/

   noun

   • 1. an action that is performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus: "a newborn baby is equipped with basic reflexes"
   • ▪ (in reflexology) a response in a part of the body to stimulation of a corresponding point on the feet, hands, or head: "reflex points"
   • 2. a thing which is determined by and reproduces the essential features or qualities of something else: "politics was no more than a reflex of economics"
   • ▪ a word formed by development from an earlier stage of a language.
   • 3. a reflected source of light: archaic "the reflex from the window lit his face"

   adjective

   • 1. (of an action) performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus: "sneezing is a reflex action"
   • 2. (of an angle) exceeding 180°.
   • 3. (of light) reflected. rare
   • ▪ bent or turned backwards.
   • ▪ (of a thought) directed or turned back upon the mind itself; introspective: "an act of consciousness is a reflex act with its own object, viz. the act of knowledge itself"

   Word Origin early 16th century (as a noun denoting reflection): from Latin reflexus ‘a bending back’, from reflectere ‘bend back’ (see reflect).

   Derivatives

   • 1. reflexly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • F

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   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • X

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