What is the meaning of reflexive?

noun

  • A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent.

adjective

  • Without volition or conscious control.
    • usage: "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"
  • Referring back to itself.
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