self-referential

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• self-referential — [self′ref΄ə ren′shəl] adj. 1. making reference to itself or oneself 2. of, being, or related to a work of literature or art which exhibits the author s or artist s self conscious awareness of the creative process, of the techniques he or she is… …   Universalium

• self-referential — [self′ref΄ə ren′shəl] adj. 1. making reference to itself or oneself 2. of, being, or related to a work of literature or art which exhibits the author s or artist s self conscious awareness of the creative process, of the techniques he or she is… …   English World dictionary

• self-referential — [[t]se̱lf re̱fəre̱nʃ(ə)l[/t]] ADJ If you describe something such as a book or film as self referential, you mean that it is concerned with things such as its own composition or with other similar books or films. ...self referential novels about… …   English dictionary

• self-referential — adjective That or who refers to itself or oneself; used as a stylistic device when done in literary works. Many women authors extend the sort of metafictional self scrutiny which The Golden Notebook so extensively sustains: Eva Figess novels, for …   Wiktionary

• Self-referential humor — relies on a subject making light of itself in some manner. Self referential humor is sometimes combined with breaking the fourth wall to explicitly make the reference directly to the audience, or make self reference to an element of the medium… …   Wikipedia

• Self-referential encoding — Investigations into the relationship between memory and the self originated in the field of personality. Theorists held that an individual’s personality included something akin to a directory of traits attached to the self, and that the way they… …   Wikipedia

• self-referential — adjective (especially of a literary or other creative work) making reference to itself, its creator, or their other work. Derivatives self referentiality noun self referentially adverb …   English new terms dictionary

• self-referential meaning — noun Meaning which relies on self reference in the text being understood …   Wiktionary

• self-referential — ¦ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ adjective : referring to itself ; especially : concerned with the mental attitudes and creative processes that brought it into existence …   Useful english dictionary

• Tupper's self-referential formula — is a self referential formula defined by Jeff Tupper that, when graphed in two dimensions, can visually reproduce the formula itself. It is used in various math and computer science courses as an exercise in graphing formulae.The formula was… …   Wikipedia

• List of self-referential books — A self referential book is a book that refers directly to itself, particularly in its title.* Another Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone * by Morgan Spurlock * by Tyler Florence * The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone *… …   Wikipedia