Found 2 items, similar to reflexive.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: reflexive reflexive adj 1: without volition or conscious control; “the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light”; “a reflex knee jerk”; “sneezing is reflexive” [syn: automatic, reflex(a)] 2: referring back to itself [syn: self-referent] n : a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent [syn: reflexive pronoun]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Reflexive Reflexive \Re*flex"ive\ (-?v), a. 1. [Cf. F. r['e]flexif.] Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past. [1913 Webster] Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. --Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. Implying censure. [Obs.] “What man does not resent an ugly reflexive word?” --South. [1913 Webster] 3. (Gram.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective. [1913 Webster] -- Re*flex"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*flex"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]