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Self-reference  

Definition

  • Reference to oneself or itself; the direction of one's attention at oneself, especially in forming a comparative assessment of one's characteristics or experience; the characteristic or quality of referring to itself contained in certain paradoxes, propositions, or statements [OED]

Entry terms

  • Self-referent
  • Self-referential
  • Self-referentiality

Notation

  • 121960

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-FF8LH5VC-0

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