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The result is a generation of consumers rotating through aesthetic costumes, each promising authentic self-expression while delivering its opposite: a wardrobe of references with no referent, style without substance.
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Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 8 July 2025
The artist’s referents are often highly particular and deeply studied: Take PRIVATE DANCER, 2020, an homage to Tina Turner (the artist is a superfan).
—Ellen Y. Tani, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
Help new executives identify the referent points, the people who others defer to and follow.
—Joe Frodsham, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
But Venezuela is no longer a referent for majestic glaciers.
—Andrea Vasquez Guillen, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
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Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 8 July 2025
The artist’s referents are often highly particular and deeply studied: Take PRIVATE DANCER, 2020, an homage to Tina Turner (the artist is a superfan).
—Ellen Y. Tani, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
Help new executives identify the referent points, the people who others defer to and follow.
—Joe Frodsham, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
But Venezuela is no longer a referent for majestic glaciers.
—Andrea Vasquez Guillen, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
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“Referent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/referent. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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referent
noun
ref·er·ent
ˈref-(ə-)rənt 
: something that refers or is referred to
especially
: the thing a word represents
referent
adjective
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