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Adjective: reflexive  ri'fleksiv
  1. Without volition or conscious control
    "sneezing is reflexive"
    - automatic, reflex
     
  2. Referring back to itself
    - self-referent
Noun: reflexive  ri'fleksiv
  1. A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
    - reflexive pronoun

Derived forms: reflexives

See also: backward, involuntary, reflexiveness

Type of: personal pronoun

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