antisphexish

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adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectiveantisphexish (comparative more antisphexish, superlative most 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.

Origin

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

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APA

antisphexish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisphexish

MLA

“antisphexish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisphexish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antisphexish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisphexish.

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