coreference

or co-ref·er·ence

[ koh-ref-er-uhns, -ref-ruhns ]

noun

, Linguistics.

1. a relationship between two words or phrases in which both refer to the same person or thing and one stands as a linguistic antecedent of the other, as the two pronouns in She taught herself but not in She taught her.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coreference¹

co- + reference