reflexive

English Thesaurus

1. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	personal pronoun,
definition	:	a pronoun expressing a distinction of person (noun.communication)

2. referring back to itself (adj.all)

similar	:	backward,
definition	:	directed or facing toward the back or rear (adj.all)

domain category	:	grammar,
definition	:	the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) (noun.cognition)

3. without volition or conscious control (adj.all)

similar	:	involuntary,
definition	:	controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control (adj.all)

domain category	:	physiology,
definition	:	the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms (noun.cognition)

4. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent (noun.communication)

derivation	:	reflexive, self-referent,
definition	:	referring back to itself (adj.all)

5. referring back to itself (adj.all)

derivation	:	reflexive, reflexive pronoun,
definition	:	a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent (noun.communication)

derivation	:	reflexiveness, reflexivity,
definition	:	(logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself (noun.linkdef)

6. without volition or conscious control (adj.all)

derivation	:	inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex,
definition	:	an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus (noun.act)

7. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent (noun.communication)

derivation	:	reflexive, self-referent,
definition	:	referring back to itself (adj.all)

8. referring back to itself (adj.all)

derivation	:	reflexive, reflexive pronoun,
definition	:	a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent (noun.communication)

derivation	:	reflexiveness, reflexivity,
definition	:	(logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself (noun.linkdef)

9. without volition or conscious control (adj.all)

derivation	:	inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex,
definition	:	an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus (noun.act)