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REFLEXIVE PRONOUN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reflexive pronoun mean?
• REFLEXIVE PRONOUN (noun)
The noun REFLEXIVE PRONOUN has 1 sense:
1. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
Familiarity information: REFLEXIVE PRONOUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
reflexive; reflexive pronoun
Hypernyms ("reflexive pronoun" is a kind of...):
personal pronoun (a pronoun expressing a distinction of person)
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