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self-referential

adj
/ˈsɛlf ɹɛfəˈɹɛnʃl/UK/ˈsɛlf ˌɹɛfəˈɹɛn(t)ʃəl/US

Etymology

From self- + referential.

  1. derived from referentia
  2. borrowed from référence
  3. suffixed as referential — “reference + -ial”
  4. prefixed as self-referential — “self + referential”

Definitions

  1. That refers to itself or oneself.

    • What makes Scream so effective, and so timeless, is that it’s both a winking and self-referential breakdown of the tropes of the horror genre and a nearly flawless embodiment of the same.

  2. In a literary work

    In a literary work: referring to the author or the author's other works.

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Derived

Tupper's self-referential formula, self-referentiality, self-referentially, self-referential meaning

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for self-referential. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA