reflexive English

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reflexive Adjective

— A verb is reflexive when it refers to the subject as the object noun. In the sentence, "Mary bathed", bathed is reflexive since it refers to Mary bathing herself.

reflexive

— adjective referring back to itself

— noun (= reflexive pronoun) a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent

— adjective (= automatic, reflex) 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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reflex

reflective

reflexive pronoun

self-referent

automatic

reflecting

reciprocal

unwitting

unwilled

unvoluntary

unintentional

unintended

sudden

specular

self

reverberation

return

restoration

reflexion

reflectional

reflection

reflect

recovery

rally

pronominal

nonvoluntary

mirroring

mirror

jerk

involuntary

inadvertent

glint

gleam

comeback

catoptric

bent