self-reference

English

Etymology

self- +‎ reference

Noun

self-reference (usually uncountable, plural self-references)

Act or process of referring to itself or oneself.
- 1985, John H. Crook, The evolution of human consciousness, Oxford University Press:
  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.

Derived terms

self-referential

Translations

referring to itself

Catalan: autoreferència f
Dutch: zelfreferentie f
Esperanto: sinaludo
Finnish: itseviittaus
French: auto-référence (fr) f
German: Selbstreferenzialität f
Greek: αυτοαναφορά f (aftoanaforá)
Italian: autoreferenza f

Japanese: 自己言及 (じこげんきゅう, jikogenkyū), 自己参照 (じこさんしょう, jikosanshō)
Korean: 자기 언급 (jagi eon-geup), 자기 참조 (jagi chamjo)
Portuguese: autorreferência f
Russian: ^{(please verify)} ссы́лка на себя́ f (ssýlka na sebjá) , саморефере́нция f (samoreferéncija)
Spanish: autorreferencia f
Swedish: självreferens c
Ukrainian: аторефере́нція f (atoreferéncija), самореференція f (samoreferencija)

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