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* the ''referent'' — the [[actual]] [[thing]] or set of things a sign refers to. See [http Intension is [[analogous]] to the signified, extension to the referent. The intension thus links the signifier to the sign's extension. Without in

...se. When reference is intended, what the reference points to is called the referent. ...to some previously specified object. The object referred to is called the "referent" of the [[word]].[2] Sometimes the word-object relation is called "[https:/

*2. A [[words|word]], [[symbols|symbol]], sign or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.

...ord]] entity is used in a general sense of a [[being]], whether or not the referent has material existence; e.g., is often referred to as an entity with no cor

...ibes an object with a [[physical]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referent referent] or one with no physical referents. They are most commonly used in [[philos

...n Jung's view, a sign stands for something known, as a word stands for its referent. He contrasted this with symbol, which he used to stand for something that

Unless a specific referent does occur to [[the mind]] in conjunction with the

...wife is not pregnant" use a wrong presupposition (i.e. that there exists a referent which can be described with the noun phrase my wife) and therefore can not

[[Platonic realism]] holds universals to be the [[referent]]s of general terms, i.e. the ''[[abstraction|abstract]]'', nonphysical ent

...follower. Nationalism or Patriotism counts towards an intangible sort of referent power as well. For example, soldiers fight in wars to defend the honour of

...people view gossiping as a petty activity done to waste time, a gossipers referent power can decrease along with their reputation. When a recipient is thought

...have been learned from parents; it may have been learned from an authority referent, or from their own peer group. This is unfortunate; it however, can be rec

...in ways that are acceptable to your mind and to your culture, and to your referent group.

...e whole and complete within the context of your own life without necessary referent to your society, or how your society treats you. You know who you truly ar

...rewritten as "Socrates has wisdom", this proves the existence of a hidden referent for "wise".

...God, then you can give expression to your uniqueness without reference and referent to your social media.

*'''Referent power''' is bestowed upon individuals by virtue of accomplishment or attitu

...there are no aberrations in the first elements, as this provides us with a referent for you to judge and estimate the content that comes in later, weeks, month

...ets, and within the various hundreds of cultures of your own planet. Your referent for your culture is limiting, and does not represent that which is provided

...iving meaning from a symbolic matrix (and, later, speech with a subjective referent)—