Reflective nature of mystery plays with mass participation (8)
I believe the answer is:
symmetry
'reflective nature' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'mystery plays with mass participation' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'mass' could be 'm' (symbol used in Physics e.g. f=ma) and 'm' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'mystery' is 'symetry' which is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for symmetry that I've seen before include "shapely attribute" , "Pleasing proportion of the parts of a thing" , "Due proportion" , "Balance in appearance" , "Mirrored disposition about axis" .)