About The Word Reflexive
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Reflexive
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What's The Definition Of Reflexive?
[n] a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects itself
[adj] (grammar) referring back to itself [adj] (physiology) without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive" Synonyms | Synonyms for Reflexive: automatic | backward | involuntary | reflex(a) | reflexive pronoun | self-referent Related Terms | Find terms related to Reflexive: See Also | personal pronoun Reflexive In Webster's Dictionary \Re*flex"ive\ (-?v), a.
1. [Cf. F. r['e]flexif.] Bending or turned backward;
reflective; having respect to something past.
Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith.
--Hammond.
2. Implying censure. [Obs.] ``What man does not resent an
ugly reflexive word?'' --South.
3. (Gram.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which
refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said
of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I
bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class;
reciprocal; reflective. -- {Re*flex"ive*ly}, adv. --
{Re*flex"ive*ness}, n.
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