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Reflexive adj.

Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past. "Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith."

Implying censure. (Obs.) "What man does not resent an ugly reflexive word?"

(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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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