| 单词 | referential |
| 释义 | referential (once / 328315 pages) adj Anything that alludes or refers to something else is referential. Many hip-hop songs are referential, using samples of other songs, mentioning them, or quoting them. Your experimental poetry is referential, if it points directly or more subtly to sources and influences like Shakespeare and Britney Spears and Dr. Seuss. An architect might describe her modern designs as referential too, if they allude to older building styles, using Gothic arches and flat, Art Deco roofs. In general, the adjective referential is a fancy way to talk about the references, mentions, and allusions someone (usually an artist) makes to other things. WORD FAMILYreference: referenced, references, referencing, referential+/refer: referable, referee, reference, refering, referral, referred, referring, refers/referee: refereed, refereeing, referees/referral: referrals USAGE EXAMPLESLinklater, the happy autodidact, is the least referential director of his generation; happy to be himself and no one else. The Guardian(Oct 31, 2016) Tamara wonders aloud if by merely painting on surfaces he was already being pretty referential. Wall Street Journal(Sep 01, 2016) He says it's made with non-fiction readers in mind, who often jump around books to check glossaries, endnotes, and other referential material. The Verge(Jun 28, 2016) adj referring or pointing to something symbols are inherently referential Syn denotative, denotive having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming |
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