reflective
- adjective
- /rɪˈflɛktɪv/
- After a long day, she sat quietly, feeling reflective about her choices and future.
- reflective thinking
- self-reflective
- reflective practice
Well, let's create self reflective hybrid intelligence systems.
- Well, let's create self reflective hybrid intelligence systems.
- I mean, he's so self reflective and has so much insight.
- You may not be very self reflective during an entitled moment.
- We have reflective work and we have reactive work.
- We are very creative, reflective, we contemplate issues, we're intuitive.
- And it was like, and he got more and more reflective.
- He was self reflective, very calm, very understanding.
- This is what he calls reflective equilibrium.
- So it's forcing people to perhaps be a little bit more reflective about those habits on some level.
- And that involves having tools and protocols, being reflective.
- The ability to be insightful and reflective to the endeavour to change.
- She wasn't a especially reflective personality thinker.
- This is the self reflective part of this equation, which is perhaps.
Examples
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We hope that your journey through the exhibit has been one of reflective contemplation allowing for a new perspective and insight.
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I got sad and reflective on my prom night, too.
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Look, as you know, people in our business are not very self reflective when they get things wrong.
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Of course, this final question is reflective of the entire course, not the challenges alone.
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What's put you in such a reflective mood?
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Self-reflection was another important goal, and several opportunities for reflective learning were built into the project.
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Her altruistic approach to learning is reflective of the model she presents in her own library.
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One of the purposes for creating portfolios is to develop more reflective beginning school leaders.
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The school counselor guides a reflective conversation and writes down student responses on the home report.
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Social workers are trained to be self-reflective, and this ability is central to enhancing empathy.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
Serious and quietly thinking about something
To think carefully about your own feelings and thoughts
Thinking deeply and quietly in a calm way
Thinking deeply and quietly, often for a long time
Being quiet and deep in thought, often a little sad
Having a quiet, serious mood that feels dark
Being serious and quiet because of deep thought
Thinking deeply about something, often in a quiet way
Thinking carefully for a long time about something
Being quiet and thinking deeply about something
Being quiet and thinking deeply to feel calm
Thinking carefully to understand or solve something
Thinking carefully about your own thoughts and feelings
Antonyms
Compounds
How Reflective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reflective comes from the parts re- 'back' and flect 'to bend'. A helpful way to remember this meaning is to imagine bending your thoughts back to yourself, which is why a reflective person thinks carefully about their actions.