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self-descriptive

Translations

self-descriptivenoun
self-descriptives
pl
Countable noun for a word, phrase, sentence, etc. that describes itself.
автологизмТермин лингвистики и логики; слово, описывающее само себя
'Polysyllabic' is a self-descriptive.
«Многосложное» — это автологизм.
self-descriptiveadjective
more self-descriptive
Comp.
most self-descriptive
Super.
Qualitative adjective meaning ‘describing itself’; allows periphrastic comparison.
самоописывающийсяЧаще всего употребляется в научно-техническом и IT-контексте
XML is often considered a self-descriptive format.
XML часто считают самоописывающимся форматом.
Additional translations
самоописательный
Synonyms
self-referential
self-describing
self-referent
autological
self-explanatory
reflexive

Definitions

self-descriptivenoun
A word, phrase, sentence, or number that describes itself; an autological expression.
‘Polysyllabic’ is a self-descriptive because it has many syllables.
self-descriptiveadjective
Describing itself; containing a description of its own nature, structure, or content.
The sentence ‘This sentence contains five words’ is self-descriptive.
(Computing, mathematics) Having the property that its representation includes a full description of itself.
XML is often called a self-descriptive format because its tags explain the data they enclose.
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