Word Meaning

reflexive definition and meaning

a. Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
a. Implying censure.
a. 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.