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Defenition of the word reflexive

    • Defenition of the word reflexive

      • Pertaining to a verb: subject and direct object are always identical.
      • (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"
      • (grammar) referring back to itself
      • a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects itself
      • a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent''s action affects the agent
      • referring back to itself
      • without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"
      • a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
      • without volition or conscious control

    Synonyms for the word reflexive

      • automatic
      • impulsive
      • knee-jerk
      • reflex
      • reflexive pronoun
      • self-referent
      • spontaneous

    Similar words in the reflexive

      • backward
      • involuntary
      • reflexive
      • reflexively
      • reflexives

    Hypernyms for the word reflexive

      • personal pronoun

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