Usually means: Referring to oneself within oneself.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word self-reference:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-reference: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-reference: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-reference: Wordnik
  4. self-reference: Wiktionary
  5. self-reference: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. self-reference: Dictionary.com
  7. Self-reference: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. self-reference: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-reference: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Self-Reference: Cybernetics and Systems
  3. self-reference: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-reference: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-reference: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (self-reference)

noun:  An act or process of referring to itself or oneself.
verb:  (transitive, uncommon) To reference itself or oneself.

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