English Explanatory Dictionary

antisphexish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not sphexish; capable, as the higher animals are, of monitoring one's own thought processes and avoiding pitfalls such as infinite loops.

Word forms

antisphexish more antisphexish most antisphexish

Etymology

From anti- + sphexish; coined by Douglas Hofstadter in 1982.

Derived words

antisphexishness
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