unconditioned response

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a reflex action innately elicited by a stimulus without the intervention of any learning processAlso called (esp formerly): unconditioned reflex Compare conditioned response

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Words nearby unconditioned response

unconditional, unconditional convergence, unconditionally, unconditioned, unconditioned reflex, unconditioned response, unconditioned stimulus, unconfined, unconfirmed, unconformable, unconformity

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How to use unconditioned response in a sentence

I think the response of the French government so far has been pretty appropriate in that regard.
Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire|Lloyd Grove|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What is known is that Peña Nieto bungled his response to the crisis.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the enduring response—stop the world, I want to get off—is the same.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To make the effort of articulation a vital impulse in response to a mental concept,—this is the object sought.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
There was no response to the knock, and Davy cautiously pushed open the door and went in.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
The knocker appeared to hear the response, and to assert that it was quite impossible he could wait so long.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Winifred, indeed, in response to a question, said faintly that she thought she could keep going if she had a drink of milk.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
To this there was no response, the stranger thinking with bitterness that his trip was anything but one of pleasure.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes

Medical definitions for unconditioned response

unconditioned response

A natural, usually unvarying response evoked by a stimulus in the absence of learning or conditioning.