reflexion
English
Etymology
From Late Latin reflexiō; the variant spelling reflection is due to influence from correction.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ref‧lex‧ion
- Rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Noun
reflexion (countable and uncountable, plural reflexions)
- Dated spelling of reflection.
- 1684, John Goodman, A Winter-Evening Conference between neighbours:
- Now, I say, why Time should be so burthensome to such as these, or what should betray them to such infrugal Expences of it, I can give no account without making severe Reflexions on their Discretion.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
- He gets off the train, determined not to leave town after all. But a little further reflexion shows him the folly of such a course.
See also
Swedish
Declension
Declension of reflexion | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | reflexion | reflexionen | reflexioner | reflexionerna |
Genitive | reflexions | reflexionens | reflexioners | reflexionernas |
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