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reflexive
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reflexive
1. Physiol of or relating to a reflex
2. Logic Maths (of a relation) holding between any member of its domain and itself
(theory)reflexive - A relation R is reflexive if, for all x, x R x.

Equivalence relations, pre-orders, partial orders and total orders are all reflexive.
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There is a difference between saying "Rembrandt fashioned himself" and "Rembrandt fashioned his self": the reflexive pronoun in the first predicate has merely deictic force, whereas in the second, the noun clause has referential force and implies commitment to an entity, the self.
Rembrandt's Self-Portraits: A Study in Seventeenth Century Identity by Berger, Harry, Jr. / Renaissance Quarterly
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