Self-reference

Origin

- + reference

Full definition of self-reference

Noun

1. Act or process of referring to itself or oneself.
• 1985, John H. Crook, The evolution of human consciousness, 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