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PRONUNCIATION OF IRREFLECTIVE

irreflective  [ɪrɪˈflɛktɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRREFLECTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Irreflective is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES IRREFLECTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of irreflective in the English dictionary

The definition of irreflective in the dictionary is unthinking or unreflective.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRREFLECTIVE


collective
kəˈlɛktɪv
deflective
dɪˈflɛktɪv
detective
dɪˈtɛktɪv
effective
ɪˈfɛktɪv
elective
ɪˈlɛktɪv
inflective
ɪnˈflɛktɪv
neglective
nɪˈɡlɛktɪv
non-reflective
ˌnɒnrɪˈflɛktɪv
nonselective
ˌnɒnsɪˈlɛktɪv
objective
əbˈdʒɛktɪv
perspective
pəˈspɛktɪv
prospective
prəˈspɛktɪv
protective
prəˈtɛktɪv
recollective
ˌrɛkəˈlɛktɪv
reflective
rɪˈflɛktɪv
respective
rɪˈspɛktɪv
retroreflective
ˌrɛtrəʊrɪˈflɛktɪv
selective
sɪˈlɛktɪv
subjective
səbˈdʒɛktɪv
unreflective
ˌʌnrɪˈflɛktɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRREFLECTIVE

irreductibility
irreduction
irreflection
irreflexion
irreflexive
irreformability
irreformable
irreformably
irrefragability
irrefragable
irrefragableness
irrefragably
irrefrangibility
irrefrangible
irrefrangibleness
irrefrangibly
irrefutability
irrefutable
irrefutableness
irrefutably

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRREFLECTIVE

active
addictive
alternative
attractive
constrictive
constructive
corrective
cost-effective
destructive
directive
distinctive
inactive
interactive
predictive
proactive
productive
radioactive
reactive
reproductive
retrospective
seductive

Synonyms and antonyms of irreflective in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «irreflective» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRREFLECTIVE

Find out the translation of irreflective to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of irreflective from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «irreflective» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

irreflective
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irreflective
570 millions of speakers

English

irreflective
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

irreflective
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

irreflective
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

irreflective
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irreflective
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

irreflective
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irréfléchi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Irreflective
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

irreflective
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

irreflective
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

irreflective
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irreflective
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

irreflective
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

irreflective
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Irreflective
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

irreflective
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irreflective
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

irreflective
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

irreflective
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

irreflective
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

irreflective
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

irreflective
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

irreflective
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irreflective
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of irreflective

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRREFLECTIVE»

The term «irreflective» is used very little and occupies the 153.018 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRREFLECTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about irreflective

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRREFLECTIVE»

Discover the use of irreflective in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to irreflective and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reading America: Text as a Cultural Force
(226) It is this awareness of her own “grossness of perception” which helps resolve the ambiguous juxtaposition between “the joy of irreflective action” and “ cold, dark mist” in the following: Ten minutes before, she had felt the joy of irreflective ...
Matthew Guillen, 2007
2
People, places, and things, by the author of 'Lost sir ...
Having thus lashed himself into fury, and the worst passions of his professional nature being fully aroused, the author throws aside the last rag of courtesy, and falls tooth-and-nail and steel-pen upon the Vapid and Irreflective Reader himself.
James Payn, 1865
3
Confabulation: Views from Neuroscience, Psychiatry, ...
My considering myself honest, for example, does not describe at all what I am for myself, because I cannot be honest for myself, that is, in the irreflective mode of consciousness. The qualification of 'honest' characterizes me as object: it is that ...
William Hirstein, 2009
4
Economies of Change: Form and Transformation in the ...
Let us live in the world of irreflective contemplation — let us live in the present hour" (526). Though the vow has enabled him to live in the present moment — "to live each hour as if it were to be one's last" (335) — "irreflective contemplation" ...
Michal Peled Ginsburg, 1996
5
Chambers's Journal
But middle-aged Britishers adapted themselves with difficulty to the rapid, irreflective life around them. Slirewdness and speed are combined by the best sort of Americans; but speed takes preference. While an Englishman is weighin" the ...
‎1882
6
Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Having thus lashed himself into fury, and the worst passions of his professional nature being fully aroused, the author throws aside the last nig of courtesy, and falls tooth- and-nail and steel-pen upon the Vapid and Irreflective Reader himself.
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1858
7
Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. ...
Having thus lashed himself into fury, and the worst passions of his professional nature being fully aroused, the author throws aside the last rag of courtesy, and falls tootli- and-nail and steel-pen upon the Vapid and Irreflective Reader himself.
Chambers's journal, 1858
8
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Having thus lashed himself into fury, and the worst passions of his professional nature being fully aroused, the author throws aside the last rag of courtesy, and falls tooth- and-nail and steel-pen upon the Vapid and Irreflective Reader himself.
‎1858
9
The Sexual Question: A Scientific, Psychological, Hygienic ...
Irreflective sexual unions, resulting from exaltation of the sexual appetite and temporary paralysis of the sentiments which inhibit such unions in persons who are not under the influence of alcohol. These include the seduction of girls, orgies  ...
Auguste Forel, Charles Frederic Marshall, 1911
10
Educational Review
It arises from a more or less irreflective instinctive patriotism. Obviously great national and social dangers are consequent upon instinctive patriotism. By manifesting itself in antipathy toward another nation, and in irreflective action, it provokes ...
Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew, 1912

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRREFLECTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term irreflective is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Emma Sky: the woman who tamed the generals in Iraq
No thanks to George W Bush, who oversaw the political and administrative destruction of the country, or the ludicrous, irreflective Paul Bremer, ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Ernie Kent is Getting to Work: Adds Adept Assistants to the Fold
Sometimes quick moves may seem rash, irreflective and feckless. Yesterday's announcement should remind us that those will not be adverbs ... «All Coug'd Up, Apr 14»
3
Tested and Improved, Credit Default Swaps Draw Institutional Interest
... volatility and encourage even the crappiest issuers to issue debt at bargain basement spreads completly irreflective of apprpriate credit risk, ... «Institutional Investor, Jan 14»
4
Watch: 3 Doors Down's 'When You're Young' is oppressed by old …
The mainstream rock act has set a July 11 release date for new set "Time of My Life," a title possibly irreflective of their current mood as ... «HitFix, Mar 11»
5
If I was in charge of Radio 4...
Every few years since I joined, some irreflective so-and-so (sometimes a Radio 4 controller, sometimes a bigwig from somewhere else in the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 11»
6
Miriam O'Reilly verdict: Don't write off our wrinkles
... far harder from now on for a single top executive to get rid of on-screen talent merely on the basis of a single, irreflective, flippant judgement. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 11»
7
The obscenity of war and the loss of innocent lives
Stupid, bigoted, irreflective, ignorant, blind, wicked bull***t. Armed struggles, of whatever kind, mean hospitals with blood flowing down the ... «Daily Mail, Oct 07»

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