reflexive

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
adjective without volition or conscious control
adjective referring back to itself

From Medieval Latin reflexīvus, from Latin reflexus, equivalent to reflex + -ive.

VARIANT: =La verdad es que.= [5] =no se permite [a sí mismo].= Note the use of reflexive. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
[3.5] =una.= An indefinite subject, indicated in English by 'one,' 'we,' 'you,' 'they,' 'people,' etc., is usually expressed in Spanish by the reflexive. — Tres Comedias : $b Sin querer; De pequenas causas...; Los intereses creados, Jacinto Benavente
Number, cardinal, 131, 186 ff. defined, 199 ff. finite, 160, 190 ff. inductive, 197. infinite, 178, 180, 188 ff., 197. reflexive, 190 ff. — Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy, Bertrand Russell

reflexive pronoun

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