reflexion
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin reflexiō; the variant spelling reflection is due to influence from correction.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]reflexion c
- Dated spelling of reflektion (“reflection”).
Declension
[edit]Declension of reflexion
References
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- Rhymes:English/ɛkʃən
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