It wasn't referencing that, but if it had been, such references are extremely common in Western culture.
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Referencing
Synonyms for "referencing" (196 found)
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lightlikenesslineamentsliteral meaninglookmake a cross-referencemake reference tomannermaterialitymeaningmetaphornamingnotationnotenotificationovertoneparticularpatronagepertinencephase
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phasispithpointpractical consequencepunctuationpunctuation markspurportquotationquoterange of meaningreal meaningrecommendrecommendationreferrefer toreference bookreference markreference pointreferentreferralregardrelatednessrelationrelevanceremarkrespectscopeseemingsemantic clustersemantic fieldsemblancesenseshapesidesignaturesignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiesimulacrumslantspan of meaningspecificationspiritstopstructural meaningstylesubstancesumsum and substancesymbolic meaningtenortestimonialtittletotal effecttotality of associationstouchstonetrademarktransferred meaningtributetwistunadorned meaningundertonevalueviewviewpointvoucherwise
Noun(8 words)
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And what conversation becomes then is a sustained strip or tract of referencings, each referencing tending to bear, but often deviously, some retrospectively perceivable connection to the immediately preceding one.
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