Plural reflexive form of 'you'; used when the subject and object of a sentence are the same group of people.
Compound of 'your' and 'selves' (plural of 'self'). This reflexive pronoun developed in Middle English to distinguish between actions done to oneself versus actions done to others.
English is unusual among languages for having the same word 'you' for both singular and plural, making 'yourselves' crucial for clarity. Some dialects have developed alternatives like 'y'all' or 'youse' to fill this gap, showing language's natural tendency to evolve toward precision.
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