self-reference

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(self′ref′ər əns, -ref′rəns)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
self-ref•er•ence  (self′ref′ər əns, -ref′rəns),USA pronunciation n. 
  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.''
self-ref•er•en•tial  (self′ref′ə ren′shəl),USA pronunciation self-re•fer•ring  (self′ri fûr′ing),USA pronunciation adj. 
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