Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 12 compound words that contain referential. The most common are listed below. Open referential in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- self-referentialThat refers to itself or oneself.
- referential integrityThe property of a relational database that enforces valid relationships between tables, such that no foreign key can contain a value that does not match a primary key in the corresponding linked table.
- referential opacityA property of a linguistic construction where, for an expression built from it, replacing a subexpression with another one that denotes the same value may change the value of the expression.
- referential transparencyA property of a linguistic construction where, for any expression built from it, replacing a subexpression with another one that denotes the same value does not change the value of the expression.
- Tupper's self-referential formulaAn inequality that visually represents itself when graphed at a specific location in the (x, y) plane.
- non-referentialAlternative form of nonreferential: Not referential.
- non-referential perceptionperception of an object without known points of reference.
- non-referential perceptionsplural of non-referential perception: perception of an object without known points of reference.
- self-referential meaningMeaning that relies on self-reference in the text being understood.
- self-referential meaningsplural of self-referential meaning: Meaning that relies on self-reference in the text being understood.
Compound words 12
- referentialityThe condition of being referential.
- autoreferentialSelf-referential.
- coreferentialExhibiting coreference; referring to the same thing.
- multireferentialReferring to more than one thing.
- interreferentialExhibiting, or relating to, interreference.
- irreferentialLacking a referent.
- metareferentialRelating to or exhibiting metareference.
- referentialismThe theory that the meaning of a word or expression lies in what it points out in the world.
- referentialistA proponent of referentialism.
- nonreferentialNot referential.