reflexion

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English

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Etymology

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From Late Latin reflexiō; the variant spelling reflection is due to influence from correction.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: ref‧lex‧ion
  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

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reflexion (countable and uncountable, plural reflexions)

  1. 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

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Swedish

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Noun

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reflexion c

  1. Dated spelling of reflektion (reflection).

Declension

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References

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