a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent • Syn: reflexive pronoun • Hypernyms: personal pronoun
II - adjective
1. without volition or conscious control - the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light - a reflex knee jerk - sneezing is reflexive • Syn: automatic, reflex • Similar to: involuntary • Derivationally related forms: reflex (for: reflex) • Topics: physiology 2. referring back to itself • Syn: self-referent • Similar to: backward • Derivationally related forms: reflexiveness, reflexivity • Topics: grammar
