referential
[ref-uh-ren-shuh l]
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Origin of referential
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Contemporary Examples
Perhaps the word “hipster” has now lost all referential meaning.
Chabon, though as referential as Pynchon, has never been one to code his allusions; he flies them proudly.
Radin noticed that some of the contemporary work was referential—harking back to Vermeer, say, or Raphael.
Historical Examples
Compare a referential scenario, the first of the three which follow, with the other two.
Dramatic TechniqueGeorge Pierce Baker
The written, as we know, almost constantly appeared together with other referential systems, especially images.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
Paradoxically, the loss of the center also means that human beings lose their central role and referential value.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
The advent of writing changed politics because it attached written testimony to it, which became a referential element.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
What is of peculiar interest is the symptom in his malady called "referential ideas."
IconoclastsJames Huneker
Word Origin and History for referential
adj.
1650s, from reference (n.) on model of inferential, etc. Related: Referentially.
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