Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: automatic, backward, involuntary, reflex(a), reflexive pronoun, self-referent

See Also: personal pronoun

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