reflexionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɹɪˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/
• ハイフネーション: ref‧lex‧ion
• 韻: -ɛkʃən

名詞

reflexion (countable and uncountable, plural reflexions)

1. (British spelling) Alternative 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, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →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.

2. (grammar, linguistics) An act or instance of referring back to the subject of a sentence, or of having an object equal to the subject.

参考

• refraction
• diffraction