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self-referential

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self-ref⋅er⋅ence

  [self-ref-er-uhns, -ref-ruhns]
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–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
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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