self-reference

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English reference
English self-reference

    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.

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    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.

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