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reflexive pronoun

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  • noun A personal pronoun, having a form of "self" as a suffix to show that the subject's action affects the subject itself.
  • noun In some languages, a pronoun that makes a transitive verb reflexive or reciprocal.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. personal pronoun

forms (1)

Forms

  1. reflexive possessive pronoun

cross-references (11)

Cross-references

  1. herself
  2. himself
  3. itself
  4. myself
  5. oneself
  6. ourself
  7. ourselves
  8. themself
  9. themselves
  10. yourself
  11. yourselves

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