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metacitation

metacitation noun: the citing of another citation rather than an original source.

Noun

metacitation (plural metacitations)

  1. The citing of another citation rather than an original source.

Forms of metacitation

pluralmetacitations

Origin of metacitation

From meta- + citation.

Questions about metacitation

What does metacitation mean?
Metacitation means the citing of another citation rather than an original source.
What part of speech is metacitation?
Metacitation is a noun.
What is the plural of metacitation?
The plural of metacitation is metacitations.

Words near metacitation in the dictionary

  1. metacinnabarites
  2. metacircular
  3. metacircularity
  4. metacism
  5. metacisms
  6. metacitation
  7. metacitations
  8. metaclass
  9. metaclasses
  10. metaclassifier
  11. metaclassifiers

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