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Definition of self-referential in English Turkish dictionary
- Kendi kendini referans veren, özgöndergesel
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Definition of self-referential in English English dictionary
- That or who refers to itself or oneself; used as a stylistic device when done in literary works
Many women authors extend the sort of metafictional self-scrutiny which The Golden Notebook so extensively sustains: Eva Figes's novels, for example, often raise self-referential questioning of their own representational validity and Muriel Spark teases several of her heroines with unsettling awareness of the process of their own creation.
- Referring to oneself or itself: The biographer's account of the poet's life was surprisingly self-referential
- self-referential meaning
- Meaning which relies on self-reference in the text being understood
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() *Derivation: self + referential ( = (refer + -ent or -ence) + -ial)Resimler
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