The formation of a reference to something.

plural of referentiation

Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other. / (linguistics) Of or relating to a referent. / Of or relating to reference or allusion.

In a referential way.

The condition of being referential.

plural of referentiality

That refers to itself or oneself. / (specifically) In a literary work: referring to the author or the author's other works.

(computing, databases) The property of a relational database that enforces valid relationships between tables, such that no foreign key can contain a value that does not match a primary key in the corresponding linked table.

plural of self-referentiality

The quality of being self-referential.