Meaning of REFLEXIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ri'fleksiv
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | automatic, backward, involuntary, reflex(a), reflexive pronoun, self-referent |
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| | See Also: | | personal pronoun | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A relation R is reflexive if, for all x, x R x. Equivalence relations, pre-orders, partial orders and total orders are all reflexive. |
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