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antisphexish

antisphexish adjective: not sphexish; capable, as the higher animals are, of monitoring one's own thought processes and avoiding pitfalls such as infinite loops.

Adjective

antisphexish (comparative more antisphexish, superlative most antisphexish)

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

Forms of antisphexish

comparativemore antisphexish
superlativemost antisphexish

Origin of antisphexish

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

Words formed from antisphexish

Questions about antisphexish

What does antisphexish mean?
Antisphexish means not sphexish; capable, as the higher animals are, of monitoring one's own thought processes and avoiding pitfalls such as infinite loops.
What part of speech is antisphexish?
Antisphexish is an adjective.

Words near antisphexish in the dictionary

  1. antispending
  2. antisperm
  3. antispermatogenic
  4. antisphaleron
  5. antisphalerons
  6. antisphexish
  7. antisphexishness
  8. antispike
  9. antispill
  10. antispillage
  11. antispin

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