antisphexish

English

Etymology

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

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.

Derived terms

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