self-reference

self-reference

English

Etymology

self- +‎ reference

Noun

self-reference (usually uncountable, plural self-references)

1. Act or process of referring to itself or oneself.
   • 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

Translations

referring to itself

Catalan: autoreferència f Dutch: zelfreferentie f Esperanto: sinaludo Finnish: itseviittaus French: auto-référence (fr) f German: Selbstreferenzialität f Greek: αυτοαναφορά f (aftoanaforá) 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: аторефере́нція f (atoreferéncija), самореференція f (samoreferencija)