reflexiveness

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Definitions of reflexiveness word

adjective reflexiveness Grammar. (of a verb) taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself. (of a pronoun) used as an object to refer to the subject of a verb, as myself in I shave myself. 1
adjective reflexiveness reflex; responsive. 1
adjective reflexiveness able to reflect; reflective. 1
adjective reflexiveness Mathematics. noting a relation in which each element is in relation to itself, as the relation “less than or equal to.”. Compare antireflexive. (of a vector space) having the property that the dual space of the dual space of the given vector space equals the given vector space. 1
noun reflexiveness Grammar. a reflexive verb or pronoun. 1

before 1580

One of the 35% oldest English words

First recorded in 1580-90, reflexive is from the Medieval Latin word reflexīvus turned back, reflected. See reflex, -ive

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adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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