Reflexive - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈfleksɪv|
Brit.
|rɪˈfleksɪv|
noun
- a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
adjective
- without volition or conscious control (syn: automatic, reflex)
sneezing is reflexive
- referring back to itselfExtra examples
In “I hurt myself,” the verb “hurt” is reflexive.
In the sentence “We forced ourselves to finish the assignment,” the word “ourselves” is a reflexive pronoun.
For many people, the reflexive response to this kind of demand is to say no.
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