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REFLEXIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
Synonyms:
reflexive; reflexive pronoun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reflexive" is a kind of...):
personal pronoun (a pronoun expressing a distinction of person)
Derivation:
reflexive (referring back to itself)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Referring back to itself
Synonyms:
reflexive; self-referent
Classified under:
Similar:
backward (directed or facing toward the back or rear)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Derivation:
reflexive (a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent)
reflexiveness; reflexivity ((logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without volition or conscious control
Example:
sneezing is reflexive
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
involuntary (controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control)
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
