Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-reference

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: self--ref-er-ence
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act or process of referring to itself or oneself.

Uncountable

verb

To reference itself or oneself.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-references (plural) self-references (present, singular) self-referencing (participle, present) self-referenced (participle, past) self-referenced (past)

Phrases

self-reference effect self-referential

Synonyms

autoreference

Questions

What does self-reference mean?: An act or process of referring to itself or oneself.
Where does self-reference come from?: 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.

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