reflexivity
- a word derived from reflexive.
Example Sentences
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Soros’s core idea is reflexivity: Narratives aren’t just noise, they’re engines.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026
Around the same time, philanthropist George Soros adapted the concept of reflexivity to explain how investors’ perceptions affect the social environment, which, in turn, informs their perceptions.
From Nature ● Oct. 22, 2019
Eating sumptuous meals without apparent relish, jogging separately through impossibly gorgeous towns, and firing off celebrity impersonations with wearying one-upmanship, they perform with the competitive reflexivity of the longtime double act.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2017
I’m equally inclined to liken Hong’s films to those of Alain Resnais, which, even in the absence of explicit reflexivity, place the cinematic transformations and refractions of experience at the core of every story.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 3, 2016
Less reflexivity and more plasticity, the eye more on the object, would raise the style of Vinet, so rich in substance, so nervous, so full of ideas, and variety, into a grand style.
From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
