reflexive
/ɹəˈflɛksɪv/ · adjective
Meaning
- That reflects, or redirects back to the source.
- Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.
- That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.
- Involving reflection.
- (grammar) Reciprocal.
- (grammar) A reflexive pronoun.
- (grammar) A reflexive verb.
- (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
- 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).
- Of or resulting from a reflex.
- Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
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