reflexive
adjective/rɪˈfleksɪv/
/rɪˈfleksɪv/
- a reflexive word or form of a word shows that the action of the verb affects the person who performs the action
- In ‘He cut himself’, ‘cut’ is a reflexive verb and ‘himself’ is a reflexive pronoun.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryReflexive is used with these nouns:- pronoun
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