reflexive meaning
ENWReflexive
- Reflexive may refer to:
- In fiction:
- Metafiction
- In grammar:
- Reflexive pronoun, a pronoun with a reflexive relationship with its self-identical antecedent
- Reflexive verb, where a semantic agent and patient are the same
- In mathematics and computer science:
- Reflexive relation, a relation where elements of a set are self-related
- Reflexive user interface, an interface that permits its own command verbs and sometimes underlying code to be edited
- Reflexive operator algebra, an operator algebra that has enough invariant subspaces to characterize it
FR réflexive
- NounPLreflexivesPREré-SUF-ive
- Adjective
- (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
- (set theory) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).
- "Equals" is a reflexive relation.
- Of or resulting from a reflex.
- The electric shock elicited an automatic and reflexive response from him.
- (figuratively) Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
- a reflexive dislike
- (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Smoking may be the cause of gender based difference for CL. Smoking weakened the pharyngoglottal closure reflex, pharyngo-upper esophageal contractile reflex and reflexive pharyngeal swallow.
- In grammar, some verbs can be both reflexive and non-reflexive.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of reflexive in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary