| ADJECTIVE | all | reflexive, automatic, reflex | without volition or conscious control |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | reflexive, self-referent | referring back to itself | |
| NOUN | communication | reflexive, reflexive pronoun | a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent |
| Sounds | rahfleh'ksihv | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | Without volition or conscious control. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "sneezing is reflexive" | |
| Synonyms | automatic, reflex | |
| Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
| Broader | involuntary | Controlled by the autonomic nervous system |
| Spanish | automático, reflejo | |
| Catalan | automàtic, reflex | |
| Adverbs | reflexively | in a reflex manner |
| Meaning | referring back to itself. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | self-referent | |
| Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
| Broader | backward | directed / directed or facing toward the back / back or rear |
| Spanish | reflexivo | |
| Catalan | reflexiu | |
| Nouns | reflexive | a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent |
| reflexivity, reflexiveness | (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself | |
| Meaning | A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | reflexive pronoun | |
| Broader | personal pronoun | A pronoun expressing a distinction of person |
| Spanish | pronombre reflexivo, reflexivo | |
| Catalan | pronom reflexiu | |
| Adjectives | reflexive | referring back to itself |
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