refleksiivsuse

Refleksiivsuse is a concept denoting the quality or condition of being reflexive or self-referential. It describes processes, statements, or agents that refer back to themselves, reflect on their own form or position, or whose behavior is shaped by awareness of that behavior. The term is used across disciplines with related but distinct meanings.

In philosophy and logic, refleksiivsuse appears in discussions of self-reference, self-awareness and paradoxes arising from sentences or systems that mention their own properties. In mathematics a reflexive relation is one in which every element is related to itself. In linguistics and grammar the term covers reflexive constructions in which the subject and object of a verb coincide, marked by reflexive pronouns. In psychology and cognitive science it is associated with metacognition and self-reflection: the capacity of individuals to examine their own thoughts, emotions and motives.

In social sciences and anthropology, refleksiivsuse denotes the researcher's examination of how their position, assumptions and practices affect knowledge production; it was emphasized by thinkers who argued that social inquiry must account for the observer's influence. In literary and media studies, self-reflexivity describes works that draw attention to their own artifice or construction. Refleksiivsuse carries pragmatic and epistemic consequences: it can increase methodological rigor and self-awareness, but also generate circularity or paradox when self-reference is not carefully managed.