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self-ref⋅er⋅ence
[self-ref-er-uh
ns, -ref-ruhns] 
–noun
| 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.” |
Related forms:
self-ref⋅er⋅en⋅tial [self-ref-uh-ren-shuhl] , self-re⋅fer⋅ring [self-ri-fur-ing] , adjective
[self-ref-uh-ren-shuhl] , self-re⋅fer⋅ring [self-ri-fur-ing] , adjective
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Link To self-referential
| 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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