reflexive

Example Sentences

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I couldn’t cut it as a physicist in part because of my reflexive pessimism.

From Science Magazine

She’d reflexively judge what other people posted, then judge herself for judging.

From Washington Post

Too often, when Americans feel unsafe and afraid, we reflexively demand more police and, increasingly, we buy guns for self-defense.

From Los Angeles Times

But that’s a conclusion you come to last, in good faith, after tackling all the hard questions — not the conclusion you jump to reflexively to dodge them.

From Washington Post

“Particularly remarkable is a reflexive and largely unexplained demand for higher capital requirements, which no independent observer has identified as playing any material role in SVB’s failure,” Baer said.

From Washington Post