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autoreference

autoreference noun: synonym of self-reference.

Noun

autoreference (countable and uncountable, plural autoreferences)

  1. Synonym of self-reference.
    • In order to keep the generic autoreferences, the plot was changed from the writing of a novel into the making of a film, the main character not being a writer-narrator, but a film director.2018, Zsófia Lóránd, The Feminist Challenge to the Socialist State in Yugoslavia, page 112
    • Whatever I may perceive or imagine, i.e. an external reference, must be reduced to autoreference. An eloquent example is Novalis's novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen (1800/1802). The text shows that the hero's way into a strange world is always simultaneously a way back to himself and to his self.Oliver Jahraus, Autoreferentiality, Autoreflexivity, Selftransparency, in 2019, Self-reflection in Literature (page 20)
    Synonyms:
    self-reference

Verb

autoreference (third-person singular simple present autoreferences, present participle autoreferencing, simple past and past participle autoreferenced)

  1. Synonym of self-reference.
    Synonyms:
    self-reference

Synonyms of autoreference

Forms of autoreference

Noun
pluralautoreferences
Verb
third-person singular presentautoreferences
present participleautoreferencing
past participleautoreferenced
pastautoreferenced

Origin of autoreference

From auto- + reference.

Questions about autoreference

What does autoreference mean?
Autoreference means synonym of self-reference.
What part of speech is autoreference?
Autoreference can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of autoreference?
The plural of autoreference is autoreferences.

Words near autoreference in the dictionary

  1. autoredirects
  2. autoredox
  3. autoreducibility
  4. autoreducible
  5. autoreduction
  6. autoreference
  7. autoreferenced
  8. autoreferences
  9. autoreferencing
  10. autoreferential
  11. autoreferentiality

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