a pronoun such as ‘myself', ‘herself', ‘itself', or ‘themselves' that refers to the same person or thing as the subject of a clause. For example, in the sentence ‘He looked at himself in the mirror', ‘himself' is a reflexive pronoun referring to ‘he'. A reflexive pronoun may also be used for emphasis, for example in the sentence ‘She herself couldn't understand her own reaction'. Synonyms and related words