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Reflexive   /rəflˈɛksɪv/   Listen
Reflexive

noun
1.
A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent.  Synonym: reflexive pronoun.
adjective
1.
Without volition or conscious control.  Synonyms: automatic, reflex.  "A reflex knee jerk" , "Sneezing is reflexive"
2.
Referring back to itself.  Synonym: self-referent.



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"Reflexive" Quotes from Famous Books



... publications betray unity of purpose. Instead of suffering Christianity to be a dead weight upon society, he would adapt it to the wants of the masses. He holds that when the adaptation becomes thorough, when, by any means, the people can be made to grasp Christianity, the reflexive influence will be so great as to elevate them to a point unthought of by the sluggish Church. But what is the Christianity which Kingsley would incorporate into the life of society? Upon the answer to this inquiry depends the difference ...
— History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology • John F. Hurst



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