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reflexive

noun

1 reflexive

A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent.

synonym: reflexive pronoun.

is a specific kind of: personal pronoun.

derivation: reflexives2, self-referent.

Dutch: wederkerend voornaamwoord, wederkerend, reflexief
Polish: zaimek zwrotny

adjective

1 reflexive

Without volition or conscious control:
— Sneezing is reflexive.

synonyms: automatic, reflex.

is similar to: involuntary.

domain category: physiology.

derivation: inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex.

2 reflexive

Referring back to itself.

synonym: self-referent.

is similar to: backward.

domain category: grammar.

derivation: reflexiven1, reflexive pronoun | reflexiveness, reflexivity.

Moby thesaurus: active, active voice, antiphonal, automatic, blind, casual, compulsive, conditioned, forced, gut, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-devised, impulsive, inadvertent, indeliberate, instinctive, involuntary, mechanical, medio-passive ... show more.

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