reflexivity
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a word derived from
reflexive.
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
But token reflexivity never got anyone off the hook.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2016
The book folds back upon itself with a pop-cultural reflexivity that’s among Wallace’s own subjects of literary obsession.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 5, 2015
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 Mrs. Humphry Ward