reflexive

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reflexive/rɪˈfleksɪv/

▶adjective

• 1 Grammar denoting a pronoun that refers back to the subject of the clause in which it is used, e.g. myself.

  ■ (of a verb or clause) having a reflexive pronoun as its object (e.g. wash oneself).

• 2 (of an action) performed without conscious thought.

• 3 Logic (of a relation) always holding between a term and itself.

• 4 (of a method or theory in the social sciences) taking account of itself or of the effect of the researcher on what is being investigated.

– derivatives
reflexively adverb,
reflexiveness noun,
reflexivity noun.