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When I started, I wanted to be thought of as tortured and seductive, not funny, but humor tends to be a reflexive part of a person's sensibility. It's an almost impossible thing to teach anyone, which leads me to believe that it's intuitive.
Mark Leyner

Meaning of "reflexive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REFLEXIVE

reflexive  [rɪˈflɛksɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFLEXIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reflexive can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REFLEXIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Reflexive

Reflexive may refer to: In fiction: ▪ Metafiction In grammar: ▪ Reflexive pronoun, a pronoun with a reflexive relationship with its self-identical antecedent ▪ Reflexive verb, where a semantic agent and patient are the same In mathematics and computer science: ▪ Reflexive relation, a relation where elements of a set are self-related ▪ Reflexive user interface, an interface that permits its own command verbs and sometimes underlying code to be edited ▪ Reflexive operator algebra, an operator algebra that has enough invariant subspaces to characterize it ▪ Reflexive space, a subset of Banach spaces In biology ▪ Reflexive antagonism, the phenomenon by which muscles with opposing functions tend to antagonistically inhibit each other. Other uses: ▪ Reflexive Entertainment, a video game developer ▪ Reflexivity, a concept in social theory relating to the capacity of an individual agent to act against influences of socialization and social structure...

Definition of reflexive in the English dictionary

The first definition of reflexive in the dictionary is denoting a class of pronouns that refer back to the subject of a sentence or clause. Thus, in the sentence that man thinks a great deal of himself, the pronoun himself is reflexive. Other definition of reflexive is denoting a verb used transitively with the reflexive pronoun as its direct object, as the French se lever "to get up" or English to dress oneself. Reflexive is also of or relating to a reflex.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFLEXIVE


abusive
əˈbjuːsɪv
aggressive
əˈɡrɛsɪv
comprehensive
ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪv
connexive
kəˈnɛksɪv
defensive
dɪˈfɛnsɪv
excessive
ɪkˈsɛsɪv
exclusive
ɪkˈskluːsɪv
expensive
ɪkˈspɛnsɪv
extensive
ɪkˈstɛnsɪv
fixive
ˈfɪksɪv
fluxive
ˈflʌksɪv
impressive
ɪmˈprɛsɪv
inclusive
ɪnˈkluːsɪv
intensive
ɪnˈtɛnsɪv
irreflexive
ˌɪrɪˈflɛksɪv
massive
ˈmæsɪv
nonreflexive
ˌnɒnrɪˈflɛksɪv
offensive
əˈfɛnsɪv
passive
ˈpæsɪv
progressive
prəˈɡrɛsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFLEXIVE

reflector
reflectorise
reflectorize
reflet
reflex
reflex arc
reflex camera
reflexibility
reflexible
reflexion
reflexional
reflexive pronoun
reflexive verb
reflexively
reflexiveness
reflexivity
reflexly
reflexological
reflexologist
reflexology

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFLEXIVE

active
alive
alternative
archive
arrive
automotive
competitive
cooperative
creative
drive
effective
executive
five
give
in the negative
interactive
live
native
negative
on the defensive

Synonyms and antonyms of reflexive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «reflexive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REFLEXIVE

Find out the translation of reflexive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reflexive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reflexive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反思
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reflexiva
570 millions of speakers

English

reflexive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

reflexive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انعكاسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рефлексивно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reflexivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

reflexional
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réfléchi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Refleksinya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

reflexiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反射的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재귀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Refleksional
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suy nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

reflexional
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिक्षिप्त क्रियाशील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

reflexional
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

riflessivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

refleksyjne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рефлексивно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reflexiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντανακλαστικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

refleksiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reflexiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

refleksiv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reflexive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFLEXIVE»

The term «reflexive» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.774 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REFLEXIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reflexive

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3 QUOTES WITH «REFLEXIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word reflexive.
1
Mark Leyner
When I started, I wanted to be thought of as tortured and seductive, not funny, but humor tends to be a reflexive part of a person's sensibility. It's an almost impossible thing to teach anyone, which leads me to believe that it's intuitive.
2
Josh Radnor
Here's the problem: I don't like who I've become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.
3
Edward Sapir
A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far from helping the foreigner, it is more calculated to bother him.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFLEXIVE»

Discover the use of reflexive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reflexive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology
This book, intended for an English-speaking audience, offers a systematic and accessible overview, providing interpretive keys to the internal logic of Bourdieu's work by explicating thematic and methodological principles underlying his ...
Pierre Bourdieu, Loïc J. D. Wacquant, 1992
2
Reflexive Governance for Sustainable Development
This book deals with the issue of sustainable development in a novel and innovative way. It examines the governance implications of reflexive modernisation - the condition that societal development is endangered by its own side-effects.
Jan-Peter Voss, Dierk Bauknecht, René Kemp, 2006
3
Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics ...
Reflexive modernization, or the way one kind of modernization undercuts and changes another, has wide ranging implications for contemporary social and cultural theory, as this provocative book demonstrates.
Ulrich Beck, 1994
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The Reflexive Thesis: Wrighting Sociology of Scientific ...
This unusually innovative book treats reflexivity, not as a philosophical conundrum, but as a practical issue that arises in the course of scholarly research and argument.
Malcolm Ashmore, 1989
5
Reflexive Language: Reported Speech and Metapragmatics
These innovative essays represent a critique of those researchers in the humanities and social sciences who fail to take language seriously.
John A. Lucy, 1993
6
Reflexive Methodology: New Vistas for Qualitative Research
In this book, Mats Alvesson and Kaj Skoldberg make explicit the links between techniques used in empirical research and different research traditions, giving a theoretically informed approach to qualitative research.
Mats Alvesson, Kaj Sköldberg, 2009
7
Becoming a Reflexive Researcher - Using Our Selves in Research
'This is an optimistic book which advocates and describes a different research paradigm to be practiced and developed.
Kim Etherington, 2004
8
Reflexive Ethnography: A Guide to Researching Selves and Others
Reflexive Ethnography provides a practical and comprehensive guide to ethnographic research methods which fully engages with the significant issues of modernism/postmodernism, subjectivity/objectivity and self/other.
Charlotte Aull Davies, 2012
9
Reflexive Inquiry: A Framework for Consultancy Practice
The impetus for this book came from an appreciation that reflexivity, for both consultant and client, is the core ingredient for facilitating the "changing organization.
Christine Oliver, 2005
10
A History of English Reflexive Pronouns: Person, Self, and ...
This book brings together a number of seemingly distinct phenomena in the history of English: the introduction of special reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself), the loss of verbal agreement and pro-drop, and the disappearance of morphological ...
Elly van Gelderen, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFLEXIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reflexive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dana Milbank: GOP reflexive opposition to Iran deal
WASHINGTON – Negotiators in Vienna had announced the Iran nuclear deal only an hour earlier, but Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a Republican ... «Battle Creek Enquirer, Jul 15»
2
Güeros: Self-Reflexive Cinema From Mexico
My heart sank a little when Alonso Ruiz Palacios, the director of Güeros, showed up onscreen halfway through this movie, asking the actors what they think of ... «Seattle Weekly, Jun 15»
3
Krauthammer on Politicizing Amtrak: Reflexive Answer From …
You get the riots in Baltimore, reflexive answer is throw more money at the schools. You know Baltimore has a second highest spending of any urban area in ... «RealClearPolitics, May 15»
4
Commencement 2015: Elias Darham – A Reflexive Education, A …
Troy, N.Y. – On his first day as an intern working at the Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) School of ... «Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 15»
5
Reflexive Toryism runs deep in Alberta -- too deep to just 'rescind'
Reflexive Toryism runs deep in Alberta -- too deep to just 'rescind'. By. David J. Climenhaga. | April 15, 2015. Print · Write to editor · Support rabble · Corrections. «rabble.ca, Apr 15»
6
The familiar, reflexive anti-agreement posture
As observers around the world digest the details of the preliminary nuclear agreement with Iran, one of the striking aspects of the reactions is how pleasantly ... «MSNBC, Apr 15»
7
Britain's Army's “Facebook Warriors”: Reflexive Control, Covert …
This will mainly be achieved through “reflexive control,” an old Soviet tactic of spreading specifically curated information in order to get your opponent to react in ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Feb 15»
8
Reflexive opposition to Pilgrim pipeline is misplaced: Editorial
The State Assembly and residents from dozens of towns have already concluded that the proposed oil pipeline being discussed for New Jersey is nothing but a ... «NJ.com, Jan 15»
9
A Word, Please: Don't beat yourself up over reflexive pronouns
From a syntactical standpoint, the job of a reflexive pronoun is to “co-refer” to a subject. That is, it's the object of a reflexive verb, which is a verb that points back ... «Glendale News Press, Dec 14»
10
Mindfulness Short-Circuits Reflexive Racial Bias
... of race, it seems that slowing down long enough to notice our thoughts and feelings disrupts our tendency to unthinkingly accept reflexively triggered biases. «Pacific Standard, Dec 14»

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