Reflective vs. Reflexive

Reflectiveadjective

That reflects, or redirects back to the source.

Reflectiveadjective

Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.

Reflectiveadjective

Involving reflection.

Reflectiveadjective

(grammar) Reciprocal.

Reflectiveadjective

Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

Reflectiveadjective

Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason.

Reflectiveadjective

Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.

Reflectiveadjective

Reflexive; reciprocal.

Reflectiveadjective

persistently or morbidly thoughtful

Reflectiveadjective

capable of physically reflecting light or sound;

Reflectiveadjective

devoted to matters of the mind;

Reflectiveadjective

providing a reflection; capable of reflecting light or other radiation

Reflectiveadjective

produced by reflection

Reflectiveadjective

relating to or characterized by deep thought; thoughtful

Reflexiveadjective

(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.

Reflexiveadjective

(set theory) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).

Reflexiveadjective

Of or resulting from a reflex.

Reflexiveadjective

(figurative) Producing immediate response, spontaneous.

Reflexiveadjective

synonym of reflective

Reflexivenoun

(grammar) A reflexive pronoun.

Reflexivenoun

(grammar) A reflexive verb.

Reflexiveadjective

Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

Reflexiveadjective

Implying censure.

Reflexiveadjective

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.

Reflexivenoun

a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent

Reflexiveadjective

without volition or conscious control;

Reflexiveadjective

referring back to itself

Reflexiveadjective

denoting a pronoun that refers back to the subject of the clause in which it is used, e.g. myself, themselves.

Reflexiveadjective

(of a verb or clause) having a reflexive pronoun as its object (e.g. wash oneself).

Reflexiveadjective

(of a relation) always holding between a term and itself.

Reflexiveadjective

(of a method or theory in the social sciences) taking account of itself or of the effect of the personality or presence of the researcher on what is being investigated.

Reflexiveadjective

(of an action) performed as a reflex, without conscious thought

Reflexivenoun

a reflexive word or form, especially a pronoun.