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reflectives

reflectives is the plural of reflective.

Meaning of reflective

Noun

reflective (plural reflectives)

  1. A supposed organ of the brain, dealing with abstract reasoning.
    • Then why not subdivide the reflectives and perceptives into distinct organs having special relations to external objects, as well as divide the intellect into a reflective and a perceptive portion?1872, The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, page 13

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Questions about reflectives

What is reflectives the plural of?
Reflectives is the plural of reflective.

Words near reflectives in the dictionary

  1. reflective
  2. reflective programming
  3. reflectively
  4. reflectiveness
  5. reflectivenesses
  6. reflectives
  7. reflectivism
  8. reflectivist
  9. reflectivists
  10. reflectivities
  11. reflectivity

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