Reflexiveness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Reflexiveness	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reflexiveness n the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent Synonym(s): reflexivity, reflexiveness (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself Synonym(s): reflexivity, reflexiveness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reflexive \Reflex"ive\ (-?v), a. 1. [Cf. F. r[82]flexif.] Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past. Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. --Hammond. 2. Implying censure. [Obs.] [bd]What man does not resent an ugly reflexive word?[b8] --South. 3. (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. -- {Reflex"ively}, adv. -- {Reflex"ive*ness}, n.