reflexive
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But Chip’s need for connection and reflexive sense of entitlement proves disastrous — the story isn’t going the way he wanted, and Groff allows it to collapse on him.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
The language is reflexive, ritualized, and remarkably effective.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
At its core, reflexive conscious experience supports social integration and coordination with others, helping individuals function within groups.
From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025
Patriotism was ennobling, self-sacrifice was reflexive; heroism was rewarded, and everybody was proudly in this fight together.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
He hadn’t expected me to answer, maybe had given me up for dead already and was calling now out of some reflexive grief instinct that he couldn’t switch off.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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