self-reference
verbEtymology From self- + reference.
1
Uncommon To reference itself or oneself.
self-reference
nounEtymology From self- + reference.
1
Usually An act or process of referring to itself or oneself.
- Ethologists concerned with the evolution of human behaviour have stopped short of attempting to explain the further reaches of the human mind; consciousness, self-reference, the construction of identity, and intersubjective relating.1985, John H. Crook, The evolution of human consciousness, Oxford University Press:
- Derived terms
- self-reference effect, self-referential