automatic reflex
Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words
An involuntary, natural reaction to a stimulus.
Categories:
Examples (10)
- The rapid movement of an object close to the eye triggers an automatic reflex.
- Blinking when someone claps near your face is an automatic reflex.
- He pulled his hand back from the hot stove in an automatic reflex.
- Sneezing is usually an automatic reflex to dust or nasal irritation.
- The doctor checked for an automatic reflex by tapping the patient's knee.
- Closing your eyes in bright light is a natural, automatic reflex.
- Her sudden scream was an automatic reflex to the loud noise.
- Modern safety systems are designed to override an automatic reflex that might be dangerous.
- The newborn baby's grip on my finger was a strong automatic reflex.
- It takes years of training to overcome the automatic reflex to flinch during impact.