/ Dictionary / Index R reflexive: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: re•flex•ive Pronunciation: (ri-flek'siv), [key] — adj. (of a verb) taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself. (of a pronoun) used as an object to refer to the subject of a verb, as myself in I shave myself. reflex; responsive. able to reflect; reflective. noting a relation in which each element is in relation to itself, as the relation “less than or equal to.” Cf.antireflexive. (of a vector space) having the property that the dual space of the dual space of the given vector space equals the given vector space. —n. a reflexive verb or pronoun. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: reflexive (Thesaurus) reflexion reflexivize Related Content Daily Word Quiz: miscreant Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language