reflexivity
noun[U]
specializeduk/rɪ.fleksˈɪv.ə.ti/us/rɪ.fleksˈɪv.ə.t̬i/reflexivitynoun[U](IN THOUGHT)
social science
thefactof someone beingabletoexaminetheirownfeelings,reactions, andmotives(=reasonsforacting)and how theseinfluencewhat they do orthinkin asituation:
I had in thattimedevelopedadegreeof reflexivityunusualfor ateenager.那时候我已经发展出对一个十几岁的年轻人来说不寻常的自我反省能力。
- In other words reflexivitycountersthebiasestheresearcherbringsto herresearch.
- By reflexivity Imeantheabilitytostandback andlookatyourthinkingandrealisehey,maybemyviewofrealityistaintedby mydesires.
- He said that much of whatpassesfortheoreticallyinformedresearchlacksanysenseofcriticaldistanceor reflexivity aboutitsownproductionandprocedures.
- Theagents'competenceisassessedon thebasisoftheircapacityfor reflexivity andrationalisationoftheiractions.
Knowledge and awareness
- acquaintance
- alertness
- as every schoolboy/schoolchild knowsidiom
- astuteness
- at/in the back ofyourmindidiom
- firsthand
- general knowledge
- gnostic
- grounding
- have a nodding acquaintance withsomeone/somethingidiom
- lived experience
- metacognition
- nescience
- nescient
- nod
- offsomeone'sradaridiom
- sensibility
- street smarts
- theory of mind
- witting
reflexivitynoun[U](GRAMMAR)
language
(of words) thefactof beingreflexive(=showingthat thepersonwho does theactionis also thepersonwho isaffectedby it):
The use of "herself "insteadof "her"enforcessyntacticreflexivity.
Thepaperexaminesthe way reflexivity isexpressedinverbsin differentlanguages.
See
reflexive(GRAMMAR)
- There is a lot ofliteratureon thetopicof reflexivity.
- How do differentlanguagesexpressreflexivityrelations?
- Lust et al. 2000 give anoverviewof reflexivitymarkingsin severalIndianlanguages.
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- art
- bare infinitive
- bent
- continuous
- infinitive
- non-progressive
- participle
- passive
- passivization
- pluperfect
- present
- present participle
- progressive
- the active voice
- the first person
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the present continuous
- the third person