Reflexivity

Definition: Reflexivity

Reflexivity

Noun

1. The coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent.

Synonym: Reflexivity

Synonym: reflexiveness (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Reflexivity

Specialty definitions using "reflexivity": Lions Book. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Aeroplane Mirrors: Personal and Political Reflexivity in Post-Colonial Women's Novels (Studies in African Literature) (reference) Innovation as Strategic Reflexivity Sundbo, Jon (reference) Practicing Reflexivity in Health and Welfare: Making Knowledge (reference) Reference and Reflexivity (reference) Reflexivity & Voice (reference) (more book examples)
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"Reflexivity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reflexivity" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	40	54,274

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "reflexivity": self-reflexivity.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Misspellings
	"Reflexivity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reflexcivity, reflextivity, relaxivity. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "reflexivity" (pronounced rē'fle'ksi"vutē)
6	-s i" v u t ē	aggressivity, exclusivity, expressivity, passivity, progressivity.
5	-i" v u t ē	activity, captivity, conductivity, connectivity, creativity, festivity, hyperactivity, inactivity, insensitivity, nativity, negativity, objectivity, oversensitivity, proclivity, productivity, radioactivity, reactivity, receptivity, relativity, retroactivity, selectivity, sensitivity, subjectivity, superconductivity.
4	-v u t ē	brevity, cavity, depravity, gravity, hypersensitivity, levity, longevity, velvety.
3	-u t ē	ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, causality, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, necessity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, profanity, profitability, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, readability, reality, reciprocity, regularity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, suitability, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-f-i-i-l-r-t-v-x-y"
	-4 letters: fertile, fierily, firelit, flytier, vitrify.
	-5 letters: eerily, elixir, eviler, feirie, ferity, ferlie, filter, fixity, flirty, freely, lefter, levier, levity, liefer, liever, lifter, livery, livier, livyer, refelt, refile, reflet, reflex, relief, relive, retile, revile, rifely, telfer, trifle, veiler, verify, verily, verite, verity, vertex, vilify, virile.
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