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6 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
adjective without volition or conscious control
originFrom Late Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere (“to bend back”), equivalent to re- + flex. Photography sense is from noun sense meaning “reflection”. Compare English reflect.
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