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reflexive

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: reflexive

1
 adjn
referring back to itself
a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
2
 adj
without volition or conscious control
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: reflexive
1

adj referring back to itself

Synonyms:
self-referent
backward
directed or facing toward the back or rear

n a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent

Synonyms:
reflexive pronoun
Type of:
personal pronoun
a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
2

adj without volition or conscious control

“sneezing is reflexive”
Synonyms:
automatic, reflex
involuntary
controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control
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