Definition of reflective Reflective

/ɹɪflɛˈktɪv/ - [riflektiv] - re•flec•tive

We found 9 definitions of reflective from 3 different sources.

What does reflective mean?

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Adjective
reflective - capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface"
		nonreflecting, nonreflective not capable of physical reflection
		mirrorlike, specular capable of reflecting light like a mirror; "mirrorlike surface of the lake"; "a specular metal"
reflective - devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
		intellectual appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"
reflective - deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
		brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, ruminative
		thoughtful considerate of the feelings or well-being of others

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Wiktionary

reflective (Adjective)
Something which reflects, or redirects back to the source.
reflective (Adjective)
Thinking back on the past.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

reflective (a.)
Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
reflective (a.)
Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason.
reflective (a.)
Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.
reflective (a.)
Reflexive; reciprocal.

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