fight-or-flight

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Definitions of fight-or-flight word

noun fight-or-flight denoting instinctive response 1
noun fight-or-flight involving or relating to an involuntary response to stress in which the hormone adrenaline is secreted into the blood in readiness for physical action, such as fighting or running away 0
adjective fight-or-flight designating or of an animal's overall instinctive response to danger, that prepares it either to confront or to flee the threat: among the common physical reactions are a release of epinephrine into the bloodstream and increased blood flow to the muscles 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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