reflexive: betydelser og definitioner

Directed back on itself.

Grammar Of, relating to, or being a verb having an identical subject and direct object, as dressed in the sentence She dressed herself.

Grammar Of, relating to, or being the pronoun used as the direct object of a reflexive verb, as herself in She dressed herself.

Of or relating to a reflex.

Elicited automatically; spontaneous: "a bid for . . . reflexive left-wing approval” ( Marshall Delaney).

Grammar A reflexive verb or pronoun. See Usage Note at myself.