Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as reflexiveness.

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  • noun The condition or state of being reflexive.

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  • noun (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself
  • noun the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent

Etymologies

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reflexive +‎ -ity

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Examples

  • And even that most notorious technique of postmodernism, self-reflexivity, is really as much a way of poking fun at the pretentions of fiction writers, their claims to adequately represent the world of experience in a direct and unmediated way, as it is to frustrate the expectations of unwary readers.

    Postmodernism 2010

  • One of Soros's points is that the behavior in markets he defines as reflexivity adds a fundamental indeterminacy to economic events, which makes prediction very tricky.

    Powell's Books: Overview 2008

  • Since 1944 he has believed in what he calls "reflexivity" - the idea that people base their decisions on their own perception of a situation rather than on the reality.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • Since 1944 he has believed in what he calls "reflexivity" - the idea that people base their decisions on their own perception of a situation rather than on the reality.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • George Soros 'theory of reflexivity, which is to economics what Einstein and Heisenberg are to physics, in which he posits that thought about the economy affects the reality of the economy, and what we think of value becomes actual value.

    Vickie Karp: Third Screen: An Interview with Steve Forbes 2009

  • As noted, Mead was indebted to the Hegel's work, and the notion of reflexivity plays a fundamental role in Mead's theory of mind.

    George Herbert Mead Aboulafia, Mitchell 2008

  • It unleashes something, a something that can be gauged in data on corporate cash, bank reserves, and personal wealth, but whose fullness can only be completely determined by the mood of the nation and the so-called reflexivity--whereby people create their own reality--that is created in markets and the society at large.

    unknown title 2011

  • There is a social theory called reflexivity which refers to the circular relationship between cause and effect.

    European Tribune European Tribune 2010

  • He articulated a framework that he dubbed "reflexivity," which inconveniently argued that forces in the financial system could periodically become unstable rather than always tending towards equilibrium.

    Bill Baker: The Wants and Fears of George Soros Bill Baker 2010

  • He articulated a framework that he dubbed "reflexivity," which inconveniently argued that forces in the financial system could periodically become unstable rather than always tending towards equilibrium.

    Bill Baker: The Wants and Fears of George Soros 2010

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