reflective, reflexive

reflective, reflexive
These words are occasionally used as synonyms, but reflective conveys two meanings not contained in reflexive. Reflective refers to something that casts back light, heat, or sound (a reflective sheet of glass) and to someone who is thinking, pondering, or meditating (in a reflective mood). Reflexive is now used entirely in a grammatical sense, applying to a construction in which a verb has an identical subject and object (J dress myself). The self words such as myself, himself, and themselves are reflexive pronouns.

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  • Reflective — Re*flect ive (r?*fl?kt ?v), a. [Cf. F. r[ e]flectif. Cf. {Reflexive}.] 1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror. [1913 Webster] In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of exercising …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Reflexive — Re*flex ive ( ?v), a. 1. [Cf. F. r[ e]flexif.] Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past. [1913 Webster] Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. Implying censure. [Obs.] What man… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reflexive — [ri flek′siv] adj. [ML reflexivus] 1. rare var. of:Rare a) REFLEX b) REFLECTIVE 2. having to do with the act or process of reflecting 3. of or having to do with a thematic concern in a work of art, writing, etc., with the creative p …   English World dictionary

  • reflexive — (adj.) 1580s, reflective, capable of bending or turning back, from M.L. reflexivus, from L.L. reflexus (see REFLECT (Cf. reflect)). Meaning of the nature of a reflex is from 1871. Related: Reflexively; reflexivity …   Etymology dictionary

  • Reflexive pronoun — Herself redirects here. For the toy elf, see Herself the Elf. Himself redirects here. For other uses, see Himself (disambiguation). Oneself redirects here. For the hip hop artist, see Oneself (artist). Ourselves redirects here. For the 1988 punk… …   Wikipedia

  • Reflexive space — In functional analysis, a Banach space is called reflexive if it satisfies a certain abstract property involving dual spaces. Reflexive spaces turn out to have desirable geometric properties. Definition Suppose X is a normed vector space over R… …   Wikipedia

  • reflexive — I. adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin reflexivus, from Latin reflexus Date: 1640 1. a. directed or turned back on itself; also overtly and usually ironically reflecting conventions of genre or form < a reflexive novel > b. marked by or capable… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • reflective — adjective Date: 1627 1. capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves 2. marked by reflection ; thoughtful, deliberative 3. of, relating to, or caused by reflection < reflective glare > 4. reflexive 3 5. reflecting something ; indicative …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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