 ##  [Referential Density](/index.php/referential-density) 

  ##  [Referential Density](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/referential-density-0) 

  
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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

The ratio of referential expressions (proper names, definite descriptions, pronouns, demonstratives, and other noun phrases that pick out entities) to a defined textual unit (for example per clause, per sentence, or per 100 words), used to quantify how densely a text encodes explicit references to entities or discourse participants.