referent
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈrɛfərənt/
- Specialized
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referente
- More importantly, deletions would also disturb the very numerical referents (means, standard deviations) upon which norms are founded.
- referent cognition
- referent outcome
- referent condition
We feel them in a way that we feel them, but they're referent is outside of our feelings.
- We feel them in a way that we feel them, but they're referent is outside of our feelings.
Examples
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The model is, in my mind, a more problematic referent because she is both subject and object.
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One need no longer privilege the historical "background" as the real referent of the text.
Academic text (1992) -
And then once again we can put the the actual size of the referent object here.
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The objective referent of clock is another clock.
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The medical record was considered the referent measure for inconsistencies between self-reported and medical record data.
Academic text (2011) -
Social studies has never had precise referents in the American lexicon.
Academic text (1992) -
One "descriptive element" is the topic or apparent referent (but not the answer).
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As indicated above, perceptions of outcome fairness and satisfaction were influenced only by the referent cognition treatment.
Academic text (1999) -
Social and ritual uses of scent in Tuareg culture reveal that aroma has referents transcending its physical qualities.
Academic text (1999) -
In linguistics, a word's referent is the specific object or idea that it points to.
Synonyms
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5.5
The thing a word or phrase points to
A real thing in the world that a word refers to
How Specific
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Referent comes from Latin parts re- 'back' and ferre 'to carry', and it shares the same root as the common words refer and reference. So a referent is the person or thing a word 'points back to', which explains why it means the thing a word or symbol refers to.