Meaning of REFLECTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ri'flektiv
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- [adj] devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
- [adj] capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface"
- [adj] persistently or morbidly thoughtful
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| | Synonyms: | | brooding, broody, contemplative, intellectual, meditative, mirrorlike, musing, pensive, pondering, reflecting, ruminative, specular, thoughtful |
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| | Antonyms: | | nonreflecting, nonreflective | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F.
r['e]flectif. Cf. {Reflexive}.]
1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing
her charms. --Prior.
2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective
reason. --Prior.
His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus
acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.
--Motley.
3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a
reflective person.
4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal. -- {Re*flect"ive*ly}, adv.
-- {Re*flect"ive*ness}, n. ``Reflectiveness of manner.''
--J. C. Shairp.
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