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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

irreflective en · ADJ

Etymology

From ir- + reflective.

Meanings

  1. Without mental reflection.
    • He obeys his instincts and indulges his appetites with the irreflective simplicity of an animal. 1899, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3:
    • And among these defects should be counted a great ambition, a kind of harum-scarum and tumultuous activity, an irreflective impetuosity of passion, and a dangerous lack of balance and judgment. 1911, Guglielmo Ferrero, The Women of the Caesars:

Forms

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more irreflective Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most irreflective Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

irreflectiveness