Pavlovian
Reflex
Reflex adjective - Without volition or conscious control.
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Synonyms for Reflex
Pavlovian and reflex are semantically related. You can use "Pavlovian" instead an adjective "Reflex".
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Related pairs
- involuntary and Pavlovian
- involuntary and reflex
- natural and Pavlovian
- natural and reflex
- spontaneous and Pavlovian
- spontaneous and reflex
- visceral and Pavlovian
- visceral and reflex
- automatic and Pavlovian
- automatic and reflex
- mechanical and Pavlovian
- mechanical and reflex
- instinctive and Pavlovian
- instinctive and reflex
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Hypno Fool: Takeshi, tied up and electrocuted during a tennis match, gains a Pavlovian-style conditioned reflex to the sight of panties (it electrocutes him).
Source: Manga / Domina no Do! -
A double subversion in A Clockwork Orange, where Villain Protagonist Alex is already The Sociopath and an incredibly dangerous human being, and is brainwashed into harmlessness by a Pavlovian reflex that makes him cripplingly ill when he thinks of violence.
Source: Brainwashed and Crazy
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