English-Finnish translations for reflexive

• refleksiivinen
  Arvoisa puhemies, useissa eurooppalaisissa kielissä sana " onnitella" on refleksiivinen. Mr President, in several European languages the verb 'to congratulate' is reflexive.

Definition of reflexive

• Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject
• Of or resulting from a reflex
• Producing immediate response, spontaneous
• A reflexive pronoun

Examples

• Equals" is a reflexive relation
• The electric shock elicited an automatic and reflexive response from him
• a reflexive dislike

Related words

• reflexively
• irreflexive
• reflexiveness
• reflexive pronoun
• reflexive verb
• reflexive possessive pronoun
• reflexive relation