referentialityn.
/ˌrɛfəˌrɛnʃɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌrɛfəˌrɛn(t)ʃiˈælədi/ The fact or quality of being referential or of having a referent; (Literary Theory) the fact or quality of a text having as its referent the external world, rather than the text itself, language, etc.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relation to something or reference > quality of being referential
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > types of narrative or story generally > [noun] > realism of stories, etc. > having external world as referent
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1865 J. H. Stirling Secret of Hegel II. v. ii. 348 The Finite..is the negation, a ceasing as mere referentiality to another.
1952 E. W. Hall What is Value? v. 81 The referentiality of what is meant is apparent as soon as one's attention is called to it.
1976 J. Culler in MLN 91 1383 Whenever a work seems to be referring to the world one can..postpone the referentiality of the fiction to another moment.
1986 A. Jefferson et al. Mod. Lit. Theory (ed. 2) i. 33 In poetic language referentiality is irrelevant and the emphasis is on the means of expression itself.
2004 Contemp. Lit. 45 599 A series of mediations which quite literally stand in for the void of referentiality at the novel's core.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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