self-reference

English

Etymology

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.

Derived terms

• self-referential

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.

Translations

act or process of referring to itself

• Catalan: autoreferència f
• Czech: sebevztažnost f, sebereference f, autoreference f
• Dutch: zelfreferentie f
• Esperanto: sinaludo
• Finnish: itseviittaus
• French: autoréférence (fr) f, auto-référence (fr) f
• German: Selbstreferenz (de) f, Selbstreferenzialität f
• Greek: αυτοαναφορά f (aftoanaforá)
• Hungarian: önhivatkozás
• Italian: autoreferenza f
• Japanese: 自己言及 (じこげんきゅう, jikogenkyū), 自己参照 (じこさんしょう, jikosanshō)
• Korean: 자기 언급 (jagi eon'geup), 자기 참조 (jagi chamjo)
• Portuguese: autorreferência f
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} ссы́лка на себя́ f (ssýlka na sebjá) , саморефере́нция f (samoreferéncija)
• Spanish: autorreferencia f
• Swedish: självreferens c
• Ukrainian: автореференція f (avtoreferencija) самореференція f (samoreferencija)

Further reading

• “self-reference”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.