Reflexive is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for REFLEXIVE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a reflexive pronoun or verb
• a reflexive word or form, especially a pronoun.
• a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent\'s action affects the agent
• reflexive pronoun or verb
ADJECTIVE:
• indicating that the action turns back upon the subject; relating to a reflex
• denoting a pronoun that refers back to the subject of the clause in which it is used, e.g. myself, themselves.
• (of a verb or clause) having a reflexive pronoun as its object (e.g. wash oneself).
• (of a relation) always holding between a term and itself.
• (of a method or theory in the social sciences) taking account of itself or of the effect of the personality or presence of the researcher on what is being investigated.
• (of an action) performed as a reflex, without conscious thought
• denoting a pronoun that refers back to the subject of a sentence or clause
• Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
• Implying censure.
• 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.
• without volition or conscious control
• referring back to itself
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• directed or turned back on itself; overtly and usually ironically reflecting conventions of genre or form; marked by or capable of reflection; reflective

Words related to REFLEXIVE

reflexively27 reflexiveness26 reflexives23

Words that contain REFLEXIVE

reflexives23 irreflexive24 reflexively27 nonreflexive25 reflexiveness26 reflexivenesses28

How to use REFLEXIVE in a sentence

• The indefinable sounds of satisfaction made by the child that hears music for the first time are no longer reflexive, and are not symptoms of displeasure.
• These, of course, must not be confused with the Reflexive verbs.
• The reflexive pronoun, so common with verbs of motion, is redundant.

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