Reflexive

/ɹɪˈflɛksɪv/

Synonyms for "reflexive" (93 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Adjective(8 words)
anaphoricanimalistic behaviorautomaticautomatic actionautomatic habitautomatic processautomatic responseautonomic response
Noun(2 words)
automatic behavioreye response

Strong matches (28)

Adjective(7 words)
habitualidentity-basedinstinctive responseinstinctive urgeintrospectiveinvoluntary responsenonthinking
Noun(5 words)
instinctive reactioninstinctive understandingirritant induced tearingmost instinctiveoral histories
Determiner(1 words)
most animal instinct

Related words (46)

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More general

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grammatical categorygrammatical featurelanguage structurelinguistic featuremathematical conceptpersonal pronounpronounqualitative methodrelation propertyresearch methodology

More specific

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equality relationherselfhimselfidentity relationmyselfreflexive constructionreflexive memoreflexive pronounreflexive pronoun usagereflexive stancereflexive verbreflexive verb formyourself

Collocations

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grammatical reflexivityreflexive constructionreflexive formreflexive methodologyreflexive pronounreflexive relationreflexive thinkingreflexive usagereflexive verbself reference

Inflections

3 entries
more reflexivemost reflexivereflexives

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The relationship "A loves B" is not reflexive, transitive, or symmetric.

Source: tatoeba (2054005)

The lesson on reflexive verbs is always difficult for the students.

Source: tatoeba (3259262)

Many languages have developed reflexive pronouns, by means of which many ambiguities are obviated.

Source: tatoeba (10017418)

Conjugating reflexive verbs is a real mind-boggler.

Source: tatoeba (10480353)

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