self-reference

self-reference
self-referential /self"ref'euh ren"sheuhl/, self-referring /self"ri ferr"ing/, adj.
/self"ref"euhr euhns, -ref"reuhns/, n.
1. reference made to oneself or one's own experience.
2. Logic. the property of a statement that is a statement about itself, as "This statement is grammatical."

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