"self-reference" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: self-reference [singular], self-references [plural]
Etymology: self- + reference Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|self|reference}} self- + reference Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An act or process of referring to itself or oneself.
    Sense id: simple-self-reference-en-noun-i3vkf-su
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with self-
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