Dictionary

self-reference en · NOUN

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.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) An act or process of referring to itself or oneself.
   • 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. 1985, John H. Crook, The evolution of human consciousness, Oxford University Press:

Forms

Deriveds

self-referential · self-reference effect

Synonyms

autoreference

self-reference en · VERB

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive, uncommon) To reference itself or oneself.

Forms

Translations (24)

sv självreferens (act or process of referring to itself) · ja 自己言及 (act or process of referring to itself) · fr autoréférence (act or process of referring to itself) · cs autoreference (act or process of referring to itself) · nl zelfreferentie (act or process of referring to itself) · cs sebevztažnost (act or process of referring to itself) · de Selbstreferenzialität (act or process of referring to itself) · hu önhivatkozás (act or process of referring to itself) · ko 자기 참조 (act or process of referring to itself) · ru саморефере́нция (act or process of referring to itself) · el αυτοαναφορά (act or process of referring to itself) · uk автореференція f самореференція (act or process of referring to itself) · de Selbstreferenz (act or process of referring to itself) · pl autoreferencja (act or process of referring to itself) · fi itseviittaus (act or process of referring to itself) · ja 自己参照 (act or process of referring to itself) · ca autoreferència (act or process of referring to itself) · fr auto-référence (act or process of referring to itself) · ko 자기 언급 (act or process of referring to itself) · it autoreferenza (act or process of referring to itself) · es autorreferencia (act or process of referring to itself) · cs sebereference (act or process of referring to itself) · pt autorreferência (act or process of referring to itself) · eo sinaludo (act or process of referring to itself)