Meaning Of The Word Reflexive

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What's The Definition Of Reflexive?

reflexive
A reflexive reaction or movement occurs immediately in response to something that happens.

reflexive in American English
a reflexive verb or pronoun
reflex
adjective: taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself

reflexive in British English
adjective: denoting a class of pronouns that refer back to the subject of a sentence or clause. Thus, in the sentence that man thinks a great deal of himself, the pronoun himself is reflexive

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