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REFERENTIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does referential mean?
• REFERENTIAL (adjective)
The adjective REFERENTIAL has 1 sense:
1. referring or pointing to something
Familiarity information: REFERENTIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Referring or pointing to something
Context example:
symbols are inherently referential
Similar:
denotative; denotive (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)
Derivation:
reference (the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to)
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