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absent referents

absent referents is the plural of absent referent.

Meaning of absent referent

Noun

absent referent (plural absent referents)

  1. The condition of a sign which has an empty, absent, non-existent, paradoxical, hypothetical, supernatural, or undefined referent, such as nothing, null, vacuum, or void.

Questions about absent referents

What is absent referents the plural of?
Absent referents is the plural of absent referent.

Words near absent referents in the dictionary

  1. absency
  2. absense
  3. absent
  4. absent over leave
  5. absent referent
  6. absent referents
  7. absent treatment
  8. absent treatments
  9. absent voter
  10. absent voters
  11. absent without leave

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