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    REFLEXIVENESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itselfplay

    Synonyms:

    reflexiveness; reflexivity

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

    Hypernyms ("reflexiveness" is a kind of...):

    logical relation (a relation between propositions)

    mathematical relation (a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality))

    Domain category:

    math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

    logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

    Derivation:

    reflexive (referring back to itself)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedentplay

    Synonyms:

    reflexiveness; reflexivity

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

    Hypernyms ("reflexiveness" is a kind of...):

    coreference (the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent)

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