Pronunciation: -ri- ' flek-siv
Function: adjective
Date: 1933
: marked by or making reference to its own artificiality or contrivance < self-reflexive fiction>
– self-re · flex · ive · ly adverb
– self-re · flex · ive · ness noun
– self-re · flex · iv · i · ty \ - ˌ r ē - ˌ flek- ' si-v ə -t ē , -ri- \ noun