non-reflexiveadj.n.

1892 H. Sweet Short Historical Eng. Gram. 110 The simple hine, him..[was] restricted more and more to the non-reflexive meaning.

1949 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. VII. 170 As a reflexive use of the self-forms we must also reckon the predicative in ‘he is quite himself again’ = ‘in a normal condition’, though NED takes it to be the emphatic, i.e. non-reflexive use.

1965 D. Ward Russ. Lang. Today v. 139 As a general rule, such nouns are formed from imperfect non-reflexive verbs.

1996 C. Silva-Corvalaán Lang. Contact & Change iv. iii. 123 A reflexive verb form in Spanish corresponds to a non-reflexive intransitive verb in English.

1905 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 6 19 If a is an element of the class, then a < a cannot be true. That is, the relation < is ‘non-reflexive’ for every element of the class.

1912 A. N. Whitehead & B. Russell Principia Mathematica II. 283 Two further propositions..are given below on non-inductive non-reflexive classes and cardinals.

1954 I. M. Copi Symbolic Logic v. 143 Relations which are neither reflexive nor irreflexive are said to be non-reflexive. The phrases: ‘loves’, ‘hates’, and ‘criticizes’ designate non-reflexive relations.

1986 E. Pivcevic Concept of Reality iv. 83 Evidently we need both reflexive and non-reflexive polyadic predicates, as well as monadic predicates, if we are to be able to describe at all adequately the world around us.

1933 Classical Q. 27 219 Once, in a dependent clause, the non-reflexive is used.

1980 Language 56 156 If reflexives and non-reflexives pattern differently, why are sentences like 59a more natural for most speakers than 59b?

1989 Hispania 72 840/2 Rivero 1986c concerns itself with the binding properties of reflexives, non-reflexives, and possessives within NPs.