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REFERENTIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does referential mean? 

REFERENTIAL (adjective)
  The adjective REFERENTIAL has 1 sense:

1. referring or pointing to somethingplay

  Familiarity information: REFERENTIAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REFERENTIAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Referring or pointing to something

Context example:

symbols are inherently referential

Similar:

denotative; denotive (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)

Derivation:

reference (the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to)


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