[syn: reflexivity, reflexiveness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reflexive \Re*flex"ive\ (-?v), a.
1. [Cf. F. r['e]flexif.] Bending or turned backward;
reflective; having respect to something past.
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Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith.
--Hammond.
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2. Implying censure. [Obs.] "What man does not resent an ugly
reflexive word?" --South.
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3. (Gram.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which
refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said
of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I
bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class;
reciprocal; reflective.
[1913 Webster] -- Re*flex"ive*ly, adv. --
Re*flex"ive*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reflexiveness
n 1: the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and
its antecedent [syn: reflexivity, reflexiveness]
2: (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between
an element and itself [syn: reflexivity, reflexiveness]