reflexive

Example Sentences

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Part of it is that everyone in the media is so used to accusations of "bias," usually from conservatives, that they reflexively reject it.

From Salon

While the series explores questions of free will and how it gets co-opted, the algorithm is not the only entity assigning humans quests, and the humans we follow are not reflexively obedient.

From Washington Post

Instead, we reflexively appeased and accommodated the two warlords.

From Washington Post

In response, Prelogar insisted, “it’s just incorrect to say that there is not a substantial amount of accommodation happening and that courts are just reflexively denying these claims.”

From Washington Post

The problems were exacerbated, they reported, “by a secretive, top-down bureaucracy that sets demanding goals while reflexively covering up accidents and discouraging any public acknowledgment of shortcomings.”

From Washington Post