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Noun: reflexive pronoun
  1. A personal pronoun compounded with '-self' to show the agent's action affects the agent
    "In the sentence 'She blamed herself,' 'herself' is a reflexive pronoun";
    - reflexive

Derived forms: reflexive pronouns

Type of: personal pronoun

Encyclopedia: Reflexive pronoun