reflexive
adjective
1. without volition or conscious control
- a reflex knee jerk
- sneezing is reflexive
Similar word(s): involuntary, automatic, reflex
2. referring back to itself
Similar word(s): backward
Sentences with reflexive as an adjective:
- "Equals" is a reflexive relation.
- The electric shock elicited an automatic and reflexive response from him.
- a reflexive dislike
noun
1. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
Definition categories: communication