reflective

[reĀ·flecĀ·tive]

Reflective is an adjective that can describe a person who thinks things through, or a surface that reflects light or sound, like the reflective lettering on a stop sign.

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Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

Adjective S.
devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"

Adjective
capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface"

Adjective S.
persistently or morbidly thoughtful


a.
Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

a.
Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason.

a.
Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.

a.
Reflexive; reciprocal.


Reflective

Re*flect"ive (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F. r'82flectif. Cf. Reflexive.] 1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms.
2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason. Prior.
His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.
3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person. 4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal. -- Re*flect"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*flect"ive*ness, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." J. C. Shairp.

Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

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Usage Examples

A verbal art like poetry is reflective it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.

It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.

To me, the blues is an infection. I don't think it's necessarily a melancholy thing the blues can be really positive and I think I think anyone and everyone can have a place for the blues. It need not always a woeful, sorrowful thing. It's more reflective it reminds you to feel.

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Other Usage Examples

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective.

Religion survives because it answers three questions that every reflective person must ask. Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live?

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.

When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society.

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