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Metastuff (needs updating, integration here)
Assembling the Metanarrative: speaking prose, whiffs of the madeleine, and a bit of High Fidelity
Consider the Elephant from /Conviv
Meta Wikipedia
Meta Platforms Wikipedia
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1988 Originally and chiefly U.S. Frequently in predicative use. Designating or characterized by a consciously sophisticated, self-referential, and often self-parodying style, whereby something (as a situation, person, etc.) reflects or represents the very characteristics it alludes to or depicts.1988 He predicts that, like 'retro'..'meta' could become independent from other words, as in 'Wow, this sentence is so meta'. If so, you heard it from me first. New Republic 5 September 17/2
1993 When anchorwoman Connie Chung made a guest appearance on sitcom Murphy Brown to advise anchorwoman Murphy not to sacrifice her journalistic integrity by making a guest appearance on a sitcom, that was just plain meta. Boston Globe (Electronic edition) 8 August
1994 Everything relates to house in a self-conscious or 'meta' way. D. Rushkoff, Cyberia iii. x. 127
1999 An enterprise such as Brill's Content is inherently 'meta', since it doesn't review movies, for example, it reviews the reviewers who review movies. Vanity Fair (New York) August 58/1
meta Merriam-Webster
meta dictionary.com
meta Cambridge dictionary
Metaphor Wikipedia
...The word metaphor itself is a metaphor, coming from a Greek term meaning 'transference (of ownership)'. The user of a metaphor alters the reference of the word, "carrying" it from one semantic "realm" to another. The new meaning of the word might derive from an analogy between the two semantic realms, but also from other reasons such as the distortion of the semantic realm — for example in sarcasm.
That's So Meta Merriam-Webster
...In 1988, the journalist Noam Cohen wrote an article for The New Republic titled "Meta-Musings," in which he contemplated the increasing frequency of meta- as a prefix. Cohen quoted David Justice, at the time Merriam-Webster's editor in charge of pronunciation and etymology, who predicted that meta could follow retro as a prefix that developed its own meaning as a standalone word, offering the example, "Wow, this sentence is so meta."
So meta reddit
https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-phrase-this-is-so-meta-mean">What does the phrase "this is so meta" mean? Quora
That's so meta urbandictionary.com
This Story Is So 'Meta' NPR (2012)
That's so meta meta meta Rachael Tatman (2012)
That's So Meta: COS Metascientist Meets with Meta-community Center for Open Science (2022)
...At Stanford University's METRICS center, they do meta-research. As the name implies, they research the research. Meta-researchers apply a wide variety of methodologies to study how research is done and interpreted, in order to reach a rigorous understanding of what makes research reliable, and how it can be strengthened.
Meta Data Center in Ohio dispatch.com
Louisiana's $3B power upgrade for Meta project raises questions about who should foot the bill Fox8
Facebook and the true meaning of Meta BBC (2021)
Facebook changes name to Meta Hindustan Times (2021)
meta- as prefix OED
metaphrase, v. 1607—
transitive. To alter the phrasing or language of...
metonym, n. 1622—
A word used metonymically.
metatheology, n. a1631—
The philosophical study of the nature and methods...
metaplastic, adj. 1640—
Pathology. Of the nature of, relating to, or...
metapolitical, adj. 1647—
Of or relating to metapolitics; given to the...
metatype, n. 1658—
Zoology. A specimen from the type locality of a...
metaphysis, n.¹ 1755
Transformation; metamorphosis.
metacentre, n. 1765—
Physics and Shipbuilding. The limiting position...
metapolitics, n. 1784—
Abstract political science; the investigation of...
metagrammatically, adv. 1799
= anagrammatically, adv.
metagram, n. 1800—
A word game involving letter-substitution; spec...
metamorphic, adj. & n. 1816—
Geology. Relating to or characterized by...
metathorax, n. 1817—
The third, posterior segment of an insect's...
metapolitician, n. 1818—
A student of or expert in metapolitics; spec...
metaphragm, n. 1826
= metaphragma, n.
metaphragma, n. 1826—
The hindmost of the internal septa of the thorax...
metasternal, adj. & n. 1826—
Entomology. Of or relating to the metasternum...
metasternum, n. 1826—
Entomology. The sternum of the metathorax of an insect.
meta-acid, n. 1833—
Now usually with meta italicized. The meta isomer...
metamathematical, adj. 1833—
Of or relating to metamathematics.
metameric, adj.¹ 1833—
Chemistry. Of two or more compounds: having the...
metaphosphate, n. 1833—
Originally: a salt of metaphosphoric acid; a salt...
metaphosphoric, adj. 1833—
The least hydrated of the higher oxoacids of...
metagallic, adj. 1835—89
A black solid obtained by heating gallic acid...
metameconic, adj. 1836
= comenic, adj.
metacetone, n. 1838—89
A colourless oily liquid produced, together with...
meta-oleate, n. 1838
metaoleic, adj. 1838—
metonomatosis, n. 1838
A change of name.
metathoracic, adj. 1839—
Of or belonging to the metathorax of an insect.
metaldehyde, n. 1841—
A low-molecular-weight solid polymer of...
metalogic, n. 1842—
Logic. The study of the structure and formal...
metatome, n. 1842
The space between two dentils.
metaphenomenal, adj. 1844—
That may only be apprehended through abstract...
metapodium, n. 1844—
Anatomy and Zoology. Originally: the metatarsus...
metacetyl, n. 1848—90
The propionyl radical, CH3CH2CO—.
metapleuron, n. 1848—
Entomology. The lateral wall of the metathorax of...
metapophysis, n. 1848—
An accessory process or prominence on certain...
metatartaric, adj. 1848—
meta-antimoniate, n. 1849—
= meta-antimonate, n.
metagenesis, n. 1849—
Zoology. Alternation of generations; spec...
metagenetic, adj. 1849—
Zoology. Of, relating to, characterized by, or...
metapectic, n. 1849—
An uncrystallizable acid formed from pectic acid...
metapectin, n. 1849—77
A form of pectin obtained by boiling with dilute acid.
meta-antimonate, n. 1852—
A salt of metantimonic acid; a salt containing...
meta-historical, adj. 1854—
Lying beyond the scope of historical narrative or...
meta-history, n. 1854—
Enquiry into the principles governing historical...
metatitanic, adj. 1854—
metatungstic, adj. 1854—
metathetic, adj. 1855—
Characterized by or involving metathesis, spec...
metathetical, adj. 1855—
Relating to or characterized by metathesis (in...
metachemistry, n. 1856—
The chemistry of things which are supersensible.
metaphysiology, n. 1856—
Those aspects of individual somatic experience...
metatartrate, n. 1856
metacinnamene, n. 1857—86
A polymerized form of styrene, occurring as an...
metasomatomic, adj. 1857—62
Located in or designating the space between any...
metagelatin, n. 1858—
metastoma, n. 1858—
The labium of a crustacean.
metapterygoid, n. 1859—
A bone of the skull of a teleostean fish, located...
metasalt, n. 1859—
metasilicate, n. 1859—
Originally: the anion SiO3 ²⁻; a salt or mineral...
metasomatome, n. 1859—80
The space between any two body segments or somites.
metagummic, adj. 1860—1906
meta-arsenate, n. 1861—
metachromic, adj.¹ 1861
Of or relating to a hypothetical acid...
meta-compound, n. 1861—
The meta isomer of a series of disubstituted...
metalumina, n. 1861—1919
metarsenic, adj. 1861
metagummate, n. 1862
metaborate, n. 1863—
Any of a class of borates that are relatively...
metasthenic, adj. & n. 1863
a. adj. (In J. D. Dana's terminology) having the...
metamorphine, n. 1864—
metaplast, n. 1864—77
In an inflected language: a word which shows...
metalogical, adj. 1865—
That lies outside the scope or boundaries of...
metamer, n.¹ 1865—
Optics. A stimulus that is physically different...
metaorganism, n. 1866—
An entity, esp. a social group, formed by the...
metacromion, n. 1867—
In some mammals: a process of the spine of the...
metencephalon, n. 1867—
The anterior division of the rhombencephalon...
metapsychology, n. 1868—
The study of questions concerning the ultimate...
metascutellum, n. 1868—
The scutellum of the metathorax of an insect.
metascutum, n. 1868—
The scutum of the metathorax of an insect.
metosteon, n. 1868—
An accessory centre of ossification of the...
methaemoglobin, n. 1870—
Any form of haemoglobin in which the iron of the...
metagnathous, adj. 1872
Having or designating a bill with crossed tips...
metagraphy, n. 1872—88
Transliteration.
metasoma, n. 1872—
The posterior section of the body in various...
metapeptone, n. 1873
metempirical, adj. 1873—
Relating to matters beyond the range of empirical...
metempiricist, n. 1874—86
A metempirical philosopher, a metaphysician.
metacresol, n. 1875—
The meta isomer of cresol, used chiefly as a...
metameric, adj.² 1875—
Exhibiting metamerism (metamerism, n.²); of...
metazoon, n. 1875—
A member of the division Metazoa; a metazoan.
metensarcosis, n. 1875
The replacement of the flesh of a dead body with...
meta, adj., adv., & n.³ 1876—
Originally and chiefly U.S. Frequently in...
metachloral, n. 1876—
metachromatic, adj. 1876—
Histology and Biology. Of, relating to...
metachromatism, n. 1876—
Histology and Biology. = metachromasia, n.
metachrome, n. & adj. 1876—
Dye Chemistry. Designating certain dyes and...
metachromism, n. 1876—
Zoology. A sequence of evolutionary change in...
metamere, n. 1876—
Zoology. Each of the similar segments of the body...
metaphysiological, adj. 1876—
Of or relating to metaphysiology.
metaphysiologist, n. 1876
A student of or expert in metaphysiology.
metempiricism, n. 1876—83
Metempirical philosophy; metaphysics.
metabranchial, adj. 1877—
Designating the posterior portion of the...
meta-cellulose, n. 1877—
The cellulose of fungal cells walls, formerly...
metagastric, adj. 1877—
In brachyuran crabs: relating to or designating a...
metanephros, n. 1877—
The most caudal and latest-developing part of the...
metastomium, n. 1877—
Originally: the part of the head of a metameric...
metenteron, n. 1877—
The gut of the embryo, developing from the...
metafacial, adj. 1878
Designating the angle which the pterygoid...
metapepsis, n. 1878—
G. H. Kinahan's name for: regional metamorphism...
metapeptic, adj. 1878—
In the terminology of G. H. Kinahan: involving or...
metasomatic, adj. 1878—
Geology. Of or relating to metasomatism; of the...
metasperm, n. 1878—
= angiosperm, n. (by which it is now superseded).
methylosis, n. 1878—93
Chemical metamorphism or metasomatism.
metamorphology, n. 1879
The study of post-embryonic developmental changes.
metasilicic, adj. 1879—
An oxoacid of silicon obtained by partial...
metacoelia, n. 1881—82
(The caudal part of) the fourth ventricle of the brain.
metaphyte, n. 1881—
A multicellular plant.
metageometrical, adj. 1882—
Of or relating to non-Euclidean geometry.
metagenic, adj. 1883—
= metagenetic, adj. Also in Geology: produced by...
metaplasia, n. 1883—
Pathology. Transformation of one type of...
metasome, n. 1883—
Zoology. Originally: a metasoma. Later also: the...
metacoel, n. 1884—
Anatomy and Zoology. In form metacoele. (The...
metacrasis, n. 1884—
Botany. A process of metabolic conversion in a plant.
metapsychosis, n. 1885—
The supposed psychic action of one mind on another.
metepencephalon, n. 1885—89
B. G. Wilder's term for: the myelencephalon...
metepicoele, n. 1885—89
B. G. Wilder's term for: the fourth ventricle of...
metachemic, adj. 1886—93
Designating or involving metamorphism that...
meta-element, n. 1886—
(W. Crookes' name for) a chemical entity...
metagnostic, n. 1886
That cannot be comprehended by the intellect...
metempiric, adj. 1886—92
= metempirical, adj.
metachrosis, n. 1887—
In animals which possess chromatophores (esp...
metakinesis, n. 1887—
Biology. The movement of chromosomes to the...
metaphase, n. & adj. 1887—
Originally: †each of the changes observed in the...
metoxenous, adj. 1887
= heteroecious, adj.
metaboric, adj. 1888—
The least hydrated of the oxoacids of boron...
metacoelom, n. 1888—
= metacoel, n.
metacone, n. 1888—
A cusp on the posterior buccal corner of a...
metacyclic, adj. & n. 1888—
Mathematics. Of or relating to the permutation of...
metaformaldehyde, n. 1888—
metembryo, n. 1888—
A. Hyatt's name for: a gastrula.
metapore, n. 1889—
= foramen of Magendie n. at foramen, n.
metataxis, n. 1889—
Metamorphism in which there is mechanical or...
metatrophic, adj. 1889—
Of an organism: dependent on organic substances...
metatropy, n. 1889—
Metamorphism that includes physical change...
metageometry, n. 1890—
Non-Euclidean geometry. Also as a count noun.
metagnathism, n. 1890
The condition of being metagnathous.
metakinetic, adj. 1890—
Biology. Designating, relating to, or possessing...
metamathematics, n. 1890—
With singular agreement. The analysis of the...
metamorphia, n. 1890
metaparapteron, n. 1890—
A small dorsolateral sclerite of the metathorax...
metarabic, adj. 1890
metembryonic, adj. 1890—
Post-embryonic.
metencephalic, adj. 1890—
Of or relating to the metencephalon.
metepencephalic, adj. 1890
Of or relating to the metepencephalon.
methaemoglobulin, n. 1890
= methaemoglobin, n.
metapneustic, adj. 1891—
Designating or having a respiratory system in...
metaloph, n. 1892—
(In some mammalian orders) the posterior ridge of...
metaxylem, n. 1894—
The later-formed part of the primary xylem...
metepimeron, n. 1895—
The epimeron of an insect's metathorax.
metepisternum, n. 1895—
The episternum of an insect's metathorax.
metachromasia, n. 1896—
The property exhibited by certain biological...
metageometer, n. 1896—
= metageometrician, n.
metastable, adj. 1897—
Science. Designating, relating to, or existing in...
meta-arthritic, adj. 1898
Following or resulting from arthritis (spec...
metapneumonic, adj. 1898
Following or resulting from pneumonia.
metargon, n. 1898—
A supposed gaseous element with the same density...
metabelian, adj. 1900—
Of a group or a Lie algebra: expressible as an...
metacneme, n. 1900—
In a sea anemone or stony coral: a secondary...
metaphloem, n. 1900—
The later-formed part of the primary phloem...
metoestrum, n. 1900—
= metoestrus, n. Now chiefly in metoestrum cell...
metethereal, adj. a1901—
Transcendent, transcendental; spiritual, psychic.
metasplenomegalic, adj. 1901—
Following or resulting from enlargement of the spleen.
metastability, n. 1901—
The property or state of being metastable.
metachromasy, n. 1903—
= metachromasia, n.
metachronous, adj. 1903—
Biology. = metachronal, adj.
metageometrician, n. 1903—
A person who studies non-Euclidean geometry.
metagabbro, n. 1904—
A metamorphic rock formed by alteration of gabbro.
metachronal, adj. 1905—
Occurring sequentially, in a regular order; of...
metapsychic, adj. 1905—
That is beyond the sphere of ordinary psychology...
metapsychical, adj. 1905—
= metapsychic, adj.
metapsychics, n. 1905—
The study of phenomena which are beyond the scope...
metabiology, n. 1906—
Originally: the study of philosophical questions...
metarsenite, n. 1906—
metabasite, n. 1907—
A fully metamorphosed form of a basic rock such...
metabisulfite, n. 1907—
The anion S2O5 ²⁻; a salt containing this...
metarsenious, adj. 1907—
metachromic, adj.² 1908—
= metachromatic, adj. 2.
metaprotein, n. 1908—
A protein denatured by acid or alkaline...
metatracheal, adj. 1908—
Designating parenchyma in wood that is arranged...
metacryst, n. 1913—
A large crystal formed in a metamorphic rock by...
metaphysis, n.² 1913—
The (usually slightly flared or conical) part of...
metoestrus, n. 1913—
A short period following oestrus in many mammals...
metamyelocyte, n. 1914—
A granulocyte at a stage of development between a...
metanalysis, n. 1914—
The reinterpretation of the form of a word...
meta-economics, n. 1916—
metapsychological, adj. 1920—
Of or relating to metapsychology.
metabiological, adj. 1921—
That is beyond biology, or lies outside the scope...
metapsychism, n. 1922—
= metapsychics, n.
metapsychist, n. 1922—
A spiritualist, a parapsychologist; spec. an...
metacercaria, n. 1925—
The encysted final larval form of a trematode...
metavariscite, n. 1925—
A monoclinic form of hydrated aluminium...
metacercarial, adj. 1926—
Of, relating to, or caused by a metacercaria or...
metaxenia, n. 1928—
The effect of pollen on parts of the seed and...
meta-historic, adj. 1929—
Lying beyond the scope of historical narrative or...
meta-theoretic, adj. 1929—
meta-theory, n. 1929—
metagalactic, adj. 1930—
Of or relating to the (or a) metagalaxy.
metagalaxy, n. 1930—
The entire system of recognized galaxies; the...
metaphone, n. 1930—
Either of two or more phonemes which are in free...
metafunction, n. 1931—
Mathematics and Logic. A function which operates...
Mapharsen, n. 1932—
An organic arsenical drug formerly given...
meta-system, n. 1933—
metalimnion, n. 1935—
The layer of water in a stratified lake which...
metamathematician, n. 1935—
An expert in or student of metamathematics.
Mapharside, n. 1936—
= Mapharsen, n.
metalanguage, n. 1936—
A language or set of terms used for the...
meta-economic, adj. 1937—
meta-theorem, n. 1937—
meta-ethics, n. 1938—
The branch of knowledge that deals with the...
metascience, n. 1938—
Inquiry into the methodology and philosophical...
metascientific, adj. 1938—
Dealing with questions which lie outside the...
meta-theoretical, adj. 1938—
metacentric, adj.² & n. 1939—
Of a chromosome: having the centromere at or near...
metalimnetic, adj. 1941—
Of or relating to the metalimnion; situated or...
metalinguistic, adj. 1941—
Of or relating to a metalanguage; of or relating...
metaphilosophy, n. 1941—
metalingual, adj. 1942—
= metalinguistic, adj.
meta-philosophical, adj. 1942—
metavolcanic, n. & adj. 1942—
A volcanic rock that has been subjected to...
metalegal, adj. 1944—
Of, belonging to, or designating the basic...
meta-metalanguage, n. 1945—
A language used to describe a metalanguage.
metarule, n. 1945—
A higher-order rule or convention determining the...
metastatement, n. 1945—
A statement giving information about another statement.
meta-talk, v. 1948—
intransitive. To engage in higher-order...
metacritical, adj. 1949—
metacultural, adj. 1949—
That transcends any particular culture, or exists...
metalinguistics, n. 1949—
The branch of linguistics that deals with...
metacontrast, n. 1950—
Alteration, esp. diminution, of the response to a...
metarhodopsin, n. 1950—
Any of three intermediates formed during the...
metasociology, n. 1950—
The study of the nature and methodology of...
metacommunication, n. 1951—
Communication which underlies or takes place...
metacommunicative, adj. 1951—
Of or relating to metacommunication; involving or...
metalinguist, n. 1951—
A person who studies metalinguistics.
meta-word, n. 1952—
Originally (Linguistics): a word which describes...
meta-analysis, n. 1953—
Statistics. Analysis of data from a number of...
meta-criterion, n. 1953—
metalevel, n. 1953—
A level or degree (of understanding, existence...
metasemiotic, n. & adj. 1953—
A semiotics which deals with or describes another...
metasociological, adj. 1953—
Of or relating to metasociology.
meta-talk, n. 1953—
Originally: any higher-order discussion about...
meta-criticism, n. 1954—
meta-information, n. 1956—
Information about information, esp. information...
metalaw, n. 1956—
A hypothetical legal code based on the principles...
metalogue, n. 1956—
(Gregory Bateson's term for) an explanatory...
meta-text, n. 1956—
A text lying outside another text, esp. one...
metamodel, n. 1958—
A model which is intended to give an...
metaculture, n. 1959—
Any culture, or set of cultural phenomena, which...
metadiscourse, n. 1960—
Any discourse which is concerned with or alludes...
metafiction, n. 1960—
Fiction in which the author self-consciously...
metamessage, n. 1960—
Originally: the context of a message, or a...
metatheatre, n. 1960—
Theatre which draws attention to its unreality...
metatheatrical, adj. 1960—
That is or is characteristic of a piece of metatheatre.
metagon, n. 1962—
A virus-like extranuclear RNA particle postulated...
metanalyse, v. 1962—
transitive. To alter (a word or part of a word)...
metatheological, adj. 1963—
Of or relating to metatheology (metatheology, n...
metacharacter, n. 1964—
Computing. A character that is defined as having...
meta-sociologistic, adj. 1964—
meta-literary, adj. 1965—
Of or relating to metaliterature; concerned with...
metaliterature, n. 1966—
The discussion in any piece of writing of other...
metacompiler, n. 1967—
A compiler used to compile compilers for (usually...
metatheologian, n. 1967—
A person who engages in, or is an expert in...
meta-analytic, adj. 1968—
Statistics. Of or relating to meta-analysis...
metadata, n. 1968—
Data whose purpose is to describe and give...
meta-grammar, n. 1969—
metacritically, adv. 1970—
metacognition, n. 1972—
Awareness and understanding of one's own thought...
metacognitive, adj. 1972—
Of or relating to metacognition.
meta-condition, n. 1972—
metanarration, n. 1973—
Any narrative text, or part of a text, which...
metafictional, adj. 1974—
Concerned with the nature of fiction. Also: that...
meta-universe, n. 1974—
A ‘universe of universes’; an assembly of...
metanarrative, n. 1976—
Any narrative which is concerned with the idea of...
metapragmatic, adj. 1976—
Of or relating to metapragmatics.
metapragmatics, n. 1976—
The awareness of a speaker of the pragmatic...
metatextual, adj. 1976—
Relating to or characteristic of a meta-text...
metafile, n. 1979—
A device-independent file format that encodes...
meta-analyst, n. 1980—
A person who carries out meta-analyses.
metafictive, adj. 1981—
Concerned with metafiction; that is, or is...
metalexicographical, adj. 1983—
meta-lexicography, n. 1983—
metaverse, n. 1992—
Computing (originally Science Fiction). A...
metamaterial, n. 1996—
A synthetic composite material engineered to...