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I don't think architecture should be considered as an art form in the first instance. Whenever I say that, it makes people really angry. But this is a very political profession in the Grecian sense. I believe there have to be reasons for every building, and that the ideas should not be self-referential.
James Polshek

Meaning of "self-referential" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-REFERENTIAL

self-referential  [ˌsɛlfrɛfəˈrɛnʃəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-REFERENTIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Referential is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SELF-REFERENTIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Self-reference

Self-reference occurs in natural or formal languages when a sentence, idea or formula refers to itself. The reference may be expressed either directly—through some intermediate sentence or formula—or by means of some encoding. In philosophy, it also refers to the ability of a subject to speak of or refer to himself, herself, or itself: to have the kind of thought expressed by the first person nominative singular pronoun, the word "I" in English. Self-reference is studied and has applications in mathematics, philosophy, computer programming, and linguistics. Self-referential statements are sometimes paradoxical.

Definition of self-referential in the English dictionary

The definition of self-referential in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-REFERENTIAL


circumferential
səˌkʌmfəˈrɛnʃəl
conferential
ˌkɒnfəˈrɛnʃəl
confidential
ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəl
consequential
ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl
coreferential
ˌkəʊrɛfəˈrɛnʃəl
deferential
ˌdɛfəˈrɛnʃəl
differential
ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃəl
essential
ɪˈsɛnʃəl
exponential
ˌɛkspəʊˈnɛnʃəl
inferential
ˌɪnfəˈrɛnʃəl
influential
ˌɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl
interferential
ˌɪntəfəˈrɛnʃəl
potential
pəˈtɛnʃəl
preferential
ˌprɛfəˈrɛnʃəl
referential
ˌrɛfəˈrɛnʃəl
residential
ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl
reverential
ˌrɛvəˈrɛnʃəl
sequential
sɪˈkwɛnʃəl
torrential
tɒˈrɛnʃəl
transferential
ˌtrænsfəˈrɛnʃəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-REFERENTIAL

self-realization
self-regard
self-regarding
self-regulating
self-regulating organization
self-regulation
self-regulatory
self-reliance
self-reliant
self-reliantly
self-renewal
self-renewing
self-renunciation
self-renunciatory
self-replicate
self-replicating
self-reproach
self-reproachful
self-reproachfully
self-respect

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-REFERENTIAL

action potential
chemical potential
circumstantial
credential
equipotential
existential
experiential
growth potential
inconsequential
inessential
initial
jurisprudential
nonresidential
penitential
precedential
presidential
quintessential
substantial
tangential
unsubstantial
vice-presidential

Synonyms and antonyms of self-referential in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «self-referential» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-REFERENTIAL

Find out the translation of self-referential to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-referential from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-referential» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自我指涉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autorreferencial
570 millions of speakers

English

self-referential
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म referential
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

- المرجعي الذاتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самоссылающиеся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto-referencial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ব-উল্লেখ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto-référentielle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rujukan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selbstreferentiellen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己参照
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 참조
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Referensial dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự tham chiếu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய குறிப்புடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची संदर्भित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

özüne
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto- referenziale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

autoreferencyjna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самоссилающіеся
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- referențială
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτοαναφορική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- referensiële
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självrefererande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvreferensiell
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-referential

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-REFERENTIAL»

The term «self-referential» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.821 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-REFERENTIAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-referential

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3 QUOTES WITH «SELF-REFERENTIAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-referential.
1
Yann Martel
How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.
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James Polshek
I don't think architecture should be considered as an art form in the first instance. Whenever I say that, it makes people really angry. But this is a very political profession in the Grecian sense. I believe there have to be reasons for every building, and that the ideas should not be self-referential.
3
Seth Shostak
Are two eyes, four appendages and an upright posture really essential for any creature that can ace the galactic SAT's? Maybe not. In fact, I'd venture that any aliens we ever detect or (less likely) encounter will look quite different than this self-referential stereotype.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-REFERENTIAL»

Discover the use of self-referential in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-referential and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Negative and Self-referential Information Processing in ...
This study investigates the neurophysiological mechanisms that underlie the observed preference for negative and self-referential information that is well-established in the cognitive literature on depression.
Amy Noll McLean, 2007
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Self-knowledge and Self-referential Processing in Memory ...
Maria J. Marquine. as she used to be approximately one year post onset of symptoms. Unfortunately, we could not recruit someone who knew J.S. before the incident that led to his confabulatory syndrome, and thus we could not acquire ...
Maria J. Marquine, 2008
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Samuel Beckett's Self-referential Drama: The Sensitive Chaos
Samuel Beckett's Self-Referential Drama - The Sensitive Chaos, 2nd Edition
Shimon Levy, 2002
4
C# for Programmers
A self-referential class contains a reference member that refers to an object of the same class type. For example, the class declaration in Fig. 24.1 defines the shell of a self-referential class named Node. This type has two private instance ...
Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel, 2005
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Self-reference in the Media
Instead of being the indexical sign of a referential object, the self- referential photo shows only itself, it draws attention to nothing but the photo, and invites the eye to get immersed in the forms and colors of the photographic composition.
Winfried Nöth, Nina Bishara, 2007
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Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity
Self-referential and canonical messages There seem to be two broad classes of messages transmitted in human ritual. First, whatever else may happen in some human rituals, in all rituals, both animal and human, the participants transmit ...
Roy A. Rappaport, 1999
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The Subtlety of Emotions
In everyday language we find expressions referring to emotions that are similar to those discussed above, except that they are self-referential. We hear of self-hate, self-contempt, self-anger, and self-frustration. Although it is clear that there are ...
Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, 2001
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The Concept of Self in Education, Family, and Sports
The. Self-Concept. Beliefs: Self-Referential. and. Comparative. Frames. of. Reference. Antonella. D'Amico,'. Floriana. Carmeci. and. Maurizio. Cardaci. Dipartimcnto di Psicologia - University degli Studi di Palermo ...
Anne P. Prescott, 2006
9
The Linux Enterprise Cluster: Build a Highly Available ...
IP-Based Virtual Hosts and Self-Referential URLs With IP-based virtual hosts, the web host server name used in self-referential URLs is, by default, the value you give to the ServerName directive inside of the VirtualHost container. (Starting ...
Karl Kopper, 2005
10
The Cognitive Neurosciences
But might this conception of self necessarily obscure potentially unique aspects of self-referential processing? Is self really just an ordinary cognitive structure? An arguably unique human talent is the ability to reflect on one's immediate past  ...
Michael S. Gazzaniga, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-REFERENTIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-referential is used in the context of the following news items.
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Facebook casts a hex with self-referential IPv6
Poll IPv6 addresses aren't really supposed to spell out domain names, but Facebook has adopted an IPv6 addy that includes the characters "faceb00c." A quick ... «The Register, Jul 15»
2
[title of show] musical reflects artistic struggle under self-referential
The self-referential story sparks much of the humor, since it's about the two guys named Jeff and Hunter creating a show about themselves creating a show ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
3
Self-referential paternalist foibles
Over the last several years statists have changed their tune a bit. Instead of advocating Draconian governmental intrusions on people's lives, in the tradition of ... «thepaper24-7.com, Jun 15»
4
Community's sixth season: still smugly self-referential
However, Community is so solipsistic and smugly self-referential that anyone who wants to watch now without first watching every episode is out of luck. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
5
The Self-Referential Paradox: A 3-Month Outlook On GBP/USD
But that term in itself, I believe, is a self-referential paradox. This occurs in natural or formal languages when a sentence, idea or formula speaks or refers to itself. «Seeking Alpha, Feb 15»
6
'Sunny' breaks form with self-referential plots
In the proud tradition of great sitcoms of the past, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" delved into what could have been with Wednesday night's episode. «Red and Black, Feb 15»
7
'Glee's Self-Referential Faberry Jokes & Outrageous Klaine Plot …
Season 6 has been filled with self-referential, meta jokes at the characters' and plots' expense, and they're even exploring and referencing the greatest fan ... «Bustle, Jan 15»
8
Victoria Morton
At times improvised but never slapdash, these burst forth with a self-referential life-force which flits between a blood-rush of fevered activity offset by pools of ... «The List, Dec 14»
9
Razer's class warfare: Sharri v Barrie — a tedious set of self
Razer's class warfare: Sharri v Barrie — a tedious set of self-referential ping pong. by Helen Razer. CULTURE. Yesterday, Rodney Ranners made his way by ... «Crikey, Nov 14»
10
Weezer Share Nerdy, Self-Referential New Single 'Back to the Shack'
A sturdy, self-referential sing-along that name-checks frisbee-catching drummer Pat Wilson, "Back to the Shack" was first debuted onstage back in February ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 14»

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