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reflexivize

American

[ri-flek-suh-vahyz] / rɪˈflɛk səˌvaɪz /

especially British, reflexivise

verb (used with object)

to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

reflexivization

noun

Etymology

Origin of reflexivize

First recorded in 1960–65; reflexive + -ize

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