self-referential

American  

[self-ref-er-en-shuhl] / ˌsɛlfˌrɛf ərˈɛn ʃəl /

adjective

1. referring to oneself; used especially for a literary work that refers frequently to itself or other works by its creator or in its genre.

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Example Sentences

In a film this self-referential, that’s not just her character noting her off-screen absence.

From Los Angeles Times

Technically, this is not “Wuthering Heights,” but “Wuthering Heights” in the self-referential quotation marks on the poster, an acknowledgment that Fennell has plunged her fingers into the plot and manipulated it to her whims.

From Los Angeles Times

In a 2004 story by The Times that referred to Cake’s brand of rock as “part self-referential attack on musical certainty and part earnest affirmation of everything rock has ever been,” writer Dean Kuipers talked about that breakout song and the album it came out on.

From Los Angeles Times

But even with all of its outrageously fun dialogue and bombastic battles, “Predator: Badlands” presents Fanning with another unique opportunity for a quietly self-referential performance.

From Salon

In a modern artist, such paint handling would be self-referential.

From The Wall Street Journal