self-reference

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self-reference

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Etymology

From self- +‎ reference.

Noun

self-reference (usually uncountable, plural self-references)

1. An act or process of referring to itself or oneself.

   Synonym: autoreference

   • 1985, John H. Crook, The evolution of human consciousness, Oxford University Press:

     Ethologists concerned with the evolution of human behaviour have stopped short of attempting to explain the further reaches of the human mind; consciousness, self-reference, the construction of identity, and intersubjective relating.

Derived terms

• self-referential

Verb

self-reference (third-person singular simple present self-references, present participle self-referencing, simple past and past participle self-referenced)

1. (transitive, uncommon) To reference itself or oneself.

Translations

act or process of referring to itself

Catalan: autoreferència f Czech: sebevztažnost f, sebereference f, autoreference f Dutch: zelfreferentie f Esperanto: sinaludo Finnish: itseviittaus French: autoréférence (fr) f, auto-référence (fr) f German: Selbstreferenz (de) f, Selbstreferenzialität f Greek: αυτοαναφορά (el) f (aftoanaforá) Hungarian: önhivatkozás Italian: autoreferenza f Japanese: 自己言及 (じこげんきゅう, jikogenkyū), 自己参照 (じこさんしょう, jikosanshō) Korean: 자기 언급 (jagi eon'geup), 자기 참조 (jagi chamjo) Polish: autoreferencja (pl) f Portuguese: autorreferência f Russian: (please verify) ссы́лка на себя́ f (ssýlka na sebjá) , саморефере́нция f (samoreferéncija) Spanish: autorreferencia f Swedish: självreferens c Ukrainian: автореференція f (avtoreferencija) самореференція f (samoreferencija)

Further reading

• “self-reference”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.