reflexive : Idioms & Phrases
reflexive pronoun
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noun a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
reflexive.
WordNet
reflexive verb
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noun a verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent
- the sentence `he washed' has a reflexive verb
- `perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself
