self-referential
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The indie rocker maintains his commitment to self-referential songwriting full of quotidian detail on an enjoyable new album.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
His next few releases would see his music becoming clearer sonically, as if that smoke ring had dissipated, as well as funnier and more self-referential.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
His Truth Social posts are more self-referential and egomaniacal: in 2026, half of his posts have used first-person pronouns — sometimes more than 12 times in a single post.
From Salon • May 26, 2026
In a film this self-referential, that’s not just her character noting her off-screen absence.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
They were all the things he tried not to be, showy and self-referential.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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