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reflexive
adjective
noun
Referring back to itself
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ɹəˈflɛksɪv
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adjective
Referring back to itself
adjective
Without volition or conscious control
“The automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light”
noun
A personal pronoun compounded with ‘-self’ to show the agent's action affects the agent
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The automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light
A reflex knee jerk
Sneezing is reflexive
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