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An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing. / (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.

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Source Word

reflex

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɹiːflɛks/

Noun

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An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing. / (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.

Japanese Meaning

自動的な刺激に対する反応、すなわち神経が無意識に示す反射作用。 / （言語学）原始的な言語要素がその後の言語に引き継がれて変形した形、つまり子孫語に見られる変形形態。

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When the doctor tapped my knee, the reflex made my leg kick out before I could think.

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医師が私の膝を叩くと、反射で考える前に足が跳ね上がった。

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Sense（1）

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

For a while, I shall have to make a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand and perform the thousands of little gestures which constitute life on Earth, and then those gestures will become reflexes again.

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(linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.

Coordinate term: cognate

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Sense（3）

(linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.

The Middle Korean reflex for mey was mwoy 뫼 (mwoy)

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Sense（4）

The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.

The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of "Little Red Riding-hood" and others.

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