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Webster 1913 Edition
Reflexive
Re-flex′ive
(-?v)
, Adj.
1.
[Cf. F.
réflexif
.] 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
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reflexive
REFLEX'IVE
,Adj.
Assurance reflexive cannot be a divine faith.
Definition 2025
reflexive
reflexive
See also: réflexive
English
Adjective
reflexive (not comparable)
- (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
- (set theory) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).
- "Equals" is a reflexive relation.
- Of or resulting from a reflex.
- The electric shock elicited an automatic and reflexive response from him.
- (figuratively) Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
- a reflexive dislike
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Translations
in grammar
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in mathematics
resulting from a reflex
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Noun
reflexive (plural reflexives)
Translations
reflexive pronoun — see reflexive pronoun
reflexive verb — see reflexive verb
See also
- (verb): active, passive, neuter, transitive, intransitive
Latin
Adjective
reflexive
- vocative masculine singular of reflexivus
Adverb
reflexive (not comparable)