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SELF-REFERENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does self-referent mean?
• SELF-REFERENT (adjective)
The adjective SELF-REFERENT has 1 sense:
1. referring back to itself
Familiarity information: SELF-REFERENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Referring back to itself
Synonyms:
reflexive; self-referent
Similar:
backward (directed or facing toward the back or rear)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
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