self-ref·er·ence
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| 1. | reference made to oneself or one's own experience. |
| 2. | Logic. the property of a statement that is a statement about itself, as “This statement is grammatical.” |
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self-ref·er·en·tial
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self-reference
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| self-ref·er·en·tial (sělf'rěf'ə-rěn'shəl)
adj. Referring to oneself or itself: The biographer's account of the poet's life was surprisingly self-referential. self'-ref'er·ence n., self'-ref'er·en'tial·ly adv. |
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self-reference
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