🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

auto-référence

Pronunciation / Transliteration: o-to-re-fe-rã-s

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Self-Reference/ˈsɛlfˈrɛfərəns/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Dans la littérature, l'auto-référence peut créer un style narratif unique."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of referring to oneself or to one's own statements or actions.

    "In literature, self-reference can create a unique narrative style that engages the reader."
  2. 2

    A property of a statement or expression that refers to itself.

    "The sentence 'This statement is false' is a classic example of self-reference."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'self-reference' combines 'self', derived from Old English 'seolf', meaning 'oneself', and 'reference', from Latin 'referre', meaning 'to bring back'. The concept has evolved in philosophical and linguistic contexts to denote instances where a statement refers to itself.

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