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Instinctive vs Reflexive - What's the difference?

instinctive | reflexive |

As adjectives the difference between instinctive and reflexive

is that instinctive is related to or prompted by instinct while reflexive is .

instinctive

English

Adjective

(wikipedia instinctive) (en adjective)
  • related to or prompted by instinct
  • driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.

    • reflexive

    English

    (Reflexive verb)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
  • (set theory) Of a relation R'' on a set ''S'', such that ''xRx'' for all members ''x'' of ''S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).
    • "Equals" is a reflexive relation.
  • Of or resulting from a reflex.
    • The electric shock elicited an automatic and reflexive response from him.
  • (figurative) Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
    • a reflexive dislike

    Antonyms

    * non-reflexive, nonreflexive

    Derived terms

    * reflexive verb * reflexive pronoun

    Related terms

    * symmetric * transitive * irreflexive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A reflexive pronoun.
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