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REFLEXIVE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of REFLEXIVE is directed or turned back on itself; also : overtly and usually ironically reflecting conventions of genre or form. How to use reflexive in a sentence.
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REFLEXIVE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
reflexive adjective (MOVEMENT) done because of a physical reaction that you cannot control:
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Reflexive - definition of reflexive by The Free Dictionary
Define reflexive. reflexive synonyms, reflexive pronunciation, reflexive translation, English dictionary definition of reflexive. adj. 1. Directed back on itself.
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"Equals" is a reflexive relation, as it holds for all possible x; "not less" is non-reflexive because it is true only for some x and y, "unequal" is irreflexive, as it never holds between x and itself.
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In grammar, a reflexive verb is, loosely, a verb whose direct object is the same as its subject, for example, "I wash myself". More generally, a reflexive verb has the same semantic agent and patient (typically represented syntactically by the subject and the direct object). For example, the English verb to perjure is reflexive, since one can only perjure oneself. In a wider sense, the term ...
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REFLEXIVE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
denoting a verb used transitively with the reflexive pronoun as its direct object, as the French se lever "to get up" (literally "to raise oneself") or English to dress oneself
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Something that's done automatically, without thought, is reflexive. Things that refer to themselves can also be called reflexive, especially certain parts of grammar, as in this sentence: "I took extra time to prepare myself for the test."
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REFLEXIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
automatic, habitual, unthinking, etc. a smile that seemed merely reflexive, not heartfelt
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Reflexive Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
REFLEXIVE meaning: 1 : showing that the action in a sentence or clause happens to the person or thing that does the action; 2 : happening or done without thinking as a reaction to something
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reflexive, adj. & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary