reflexivity

re·flex·ive  (r-flksv)

adj.

1. Directed back on itself.

2. Grammar

a. Of, relating to, or being a verb having an identical subject and direct object, as dressed in the sentence She dressed herself.

b. Of, relating to, or being the pronoun used as the direct object of a reflexive verb, as herself in She dressed herself.

3. Of or relating to a reflex.

4. Elicited automatically; spontaneous: "a bid for . . . reflexive left-wing approval" (Marshall Delaney).

n. Grammar

A reflexive verb or pronoun. See Usage Note at myself.

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re·flexive·ly adv.

re·flexive·ness, reflex·ivi·ty (rflk-sv-t) n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	reflexivity - the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent reflexiveness coreference - the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent
	2.	reflexivity - (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself reflexiveness math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference logical relation - a relation between propositions mathematical relation - a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality)