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[ ref-uh-ren-shuhl ] / ˌrɛf əˈrɛn ʃəl /
adjectivehaving reference: referential to something. containing a reference. used for reference. Origin of referentialFirst recorded in 1650–60; referent + -ial OTHER WORDS FROM referentialref·er·en·tial·ly, adverbWords nearby referentialreference mark, reference values, reference works, referendum, referent, referential, referral, referred pain, referred sensation, reffo, refill Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for referentialPerhaps the word “hipster” has now lost all referential meaning. Why Do We Hate Hipsters So F'ing Much?|Ted Gioia|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Chabon, though as referential as Pynchon, has never been one to code his allusions; he flies them proudly. ‘Telegraph Avenue’: Michael Chabon on His Obsessive Novel of Fandom|Josh Dzieza|September 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST Radin noticed that some of the contemporary work was referential—harking back to Vermeer, say, or Raphael. The Art App Boom|Spencer Bailey|August 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST Paradoxically, the loss of the center also means that human beings lose their central role and referential value. The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Compare a referential scenario, the first of the three which follow, with the other two. Dramatic Technique|George Pierce Baker The advent of writing changed politics because it attached written testimony to it, which became a referential element. The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin The written, as we know, almost constantly appeared together with other referential systems, especially images. The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin What is of peculiar interest is the symptom in his malady called "referential ideas." Iconoclasts|James Huneker
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