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Thursday, October 06, 2005
reflexive
[from 'reflex', from Middle English 'reflexen', to bend back, from Latin 'reflexus', to have bent back]
adj.
1. Directed back on itself.
2. In grammar: of, relating to, or being a verb having an identical subject and direct object; or derivatively, of, relating to, or being the pronoun used as the direct object of a reflexive verb.
3. Of or relating to a reflex.
4. Without volition or conscious control.
5. Characterized by habitual and unthinking behavior.
6. In logic, a relation R is reflexive if for all x, xRx.
adj.
1. Directed back on itself.
2. In grammar: of, relating to, or being a verb having an identical subject and direct object; or derivatively, of, relating to, or being the pronoun used as the direct object of a reflexive verb.
3. Of or relating to a reflex.
4. Without volition or conscious control.
5. Characterized by habitual and unthinking behavior.
6. In logic, a relation R is reflexive if for all x, xRx.
