"absent referent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: absent referents [plural]
Etymology: absent + referent Etymology templates: {{m|en|absent}} absent, {{m|en|referent}} referent Head templates: {{en-noun}} absent referent (plural absent referents)
  1. (semantics) 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. Categories (topical): Semantics
    Sense id: en-absent_referent-en-noun-eF5xnrWX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics

Inflected forms

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