Self-reference
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A statement that refers to itself. Most commonly used in mathematics, philosophy, and computer programming.
Examples
This statement is short.
"Pentasyllabic" is pentasyllabic.
Self-reference: please see
Self-reference
.
See also:
Goedels Incompleteness Theorem
Paradox
recursion
self-similarity
quine