Dec 7, 2008 15:46
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Polish term

bezrefleksyjny

Polish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Człowiek bezrefleksyjny, niezdolny do głębszej refleksji, nie zastanawiajacy się nad niczym, np. "człowiek bezrefleksyjny nie dostrzega pewnyhc mechanizmów". Myślę, że nie będzie to raczej "reflectionless", bo znalazłam to jedynie w kontekstach czysto fizycznych :)

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incogitant

1. thoughtless; 2. not having the faculty of thought;
'cogitate': meditate or reflect;
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irreflective

refleksyjny - reflective
antonim - j.w.
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scrutiny-free,

lacking thoughtfulness, unable to retrospect
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ignorant

If the person is refleksyjny, they are reflective, thoughtful, meditative.

The antonyms are: ignorant, unthoughtful. So BEZrefleksyjny would be ignorant, unthinking, (thoughtless) unthoughtful.

It seems that it can also be UNREFLECTIVE (see links) as you said... Poetic licence perhaps.
Example sentence:

not reflective; thoughtless; lacking in due deliberation; heedless; rash: a sweeping, unreflective pessimism.

“In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to the unreflective creation, the truth of immortality. ...\

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