"Pavlov's dog" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov's work on classical conditioning: he discovered that dogs could be conditioned to salivate when a bell was rung, if it had previously been rung whenever food was given.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "Pavlov's dogs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pavlov's dog."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who reacts instinctively to a stimulus, without thought or consideration."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "react",
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        [
          "instinctive",
          "instinctive"
        ],
        [
          "stimulus",
          "stimulus"
        ],
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "consideration",
          "consideration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often attributive) A person who reacts instinctively to a stimulus, without thought or consideration."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Pavlov dog"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Pavlov's dog"
}

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  "etymology_text": "In reference to the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov's work on classical conditioning: he discovered that dogs could be conditioned to salivate when a bell was rung, if it had previously been rung whenever food was given.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Pavlov's dogs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Pavlov's dog (plural Pavlov's dogs)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pavlov's dog."
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        "A person who reacts instinctively to a stimulus, without thought or consideration."
      ],
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          "stimulus",
          "stimulus"
        ],
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          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
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          "consideration",
          "consideration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often attributive) A person who reacts instinctively to a stimulus, without thought or consideration."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Pavlov dog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Pavlov's dog"
}