reflexive

reflexive
Synonyms and related words:
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, middle, middle voice, passive, passive voice, reacting, reactionary, reactive, reflex, refluent, respondent, responding, responsive, retroactionary, retroactive, revulsive, snap, spontaneous, unadvised, uncalculated, unconscious, unconsidered, undeliberate, undeliberated, undesigned, unintended, unintentional, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unstudied, unthinking, unwilled, unwilling, unwitting, voice

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  • Reflexive — may refer to:In fiction: MetafictionIn grammar: *Reflexive pronoun, a pronoun with a reflexive relationship with its self identical antecedent *Reflexive verb, where a semantic agent and patient are the sameIn mathematics and computer science:… …   Wikipedia

  • Reflexive — Re*flex ive ( ?v), a. 1. [Cf. F. r[ e]flexif.] Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past. [1913 Webster] Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. Implying censure. [Obs.] What man… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reflexive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) Grammar (of a pronoun) referring back to the subject of the clause in which it is used, e.g. myself. 2) Grammar (of a verb or clause) having a reflexive pronoun as its object (e.g. wash oneself). 3) performed without conscious… …   English terms dictionary

  • reflexive — [ri flek′siv] adj. [ML reflexivus] 1. rare var. of:Rare a) REFLEX b) REFLECTIVE 2. having to do with the act or process of reflecting 3. of or having to do with a thematic concern in a work of art, writing, etc., with the creative p …   English World dictionary

  • reflexive — (adj.) 1580s, reflective, capable of bending or turning back, from M.L. reflexivus, from L.L. reflexus (see REFLECT (Cf. reflect)). Meaning of the nature of a reflex is from 1871. Related: Reflexively; reflexivity …   Etymology dictionary

  • reflexive — re|flex|ive [ rı fleksıv ] adjective 1. ) a reflexive verb or pronoun refers back to the subject of the verb. In English, to enjoy yourself is a reflexive verb and yourself is a reflexive pronoun. 2. ) FORMAL a reflexive movement or action is one …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • reflexive — UK [rɪˈfleksɪv] / US adjective 1) linguistics a reflexive verb or pronoun refers back to the subject of the verb. In English, to enjoy yourself is a reflexive verb and yourself is a reflexive pronoun. 2) formal a reflexive movement or action is… …   English dictionary

  • reflexive — I. adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin reflexivus, from Latin reflexus Date: 1640 1. a. directed or turned back on itself; also overtly and usually ironically reflecting conventions of genre or form < a reflexive novel > b. marked by or capable… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • réflexive — ● réflexif, réflexive adjectif (de réflexion) Se dit, en philosophie, de la conscience qui se prend elle même pour objet. ● réflexif, réflexive (expressions) adjectif (de réflexion) Relation réflexive, relation binaire sur un ensemble telle que… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • reflexive — re|flex|ive [rıˈfleksıv] adj technical a reflexive verb or ↑pronoun shows that the action in a sentence affects the person or thing that does the action. In the sentence I enjoyed myself , myself is reflexive >reflexive n >reflexively adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • reflexive — [rɪˈfleksɪv] adj linguistics a reflexive verb or pronoun refers back to the subject of the verb. In English, ‘to enjoy yourself is a reflexive verb and ‘yourself is a reflexive pronoun …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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