reflexive pronoun, reflexive -- (a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent)
Overview of adj reflexive
The adj reflexive has 2 senses
automatic, reflex, reflexive -- (without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive")
reflexive, self-referent -- (referring back to itself)