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metacognition

metacognition noun: the act of thinking about thinking.

Noun

metacognition (countable and uncountable, plural metacognitions)

  1. The act of thinking about thinking.

metacognition meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

metacognition in Tamil

மீ அறிதிறன்

metacognition in Vietnamese

thinking about thinking
siêu nhận thức

Synonyms of metacognition

Forms of metacognition

pluralmetacognitions

Origin of metacognition

From meta- + cognition.

Questions about metacognition

What does metacognition mean?
Metacognition means the act of thinking about thinking.
What is metacognition in Tamil?
Metacognition in Tamil is மீ அறிதிறன். See Metacognition meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is metacognition?
Metacognition is a noun.
What is the plural of metacognition?
The plural of metacognition is metacognitions.

Words near metacognition in the dictionary

  1. metacoel
  2. metacoelom
  3. metacoeloms
  4. metacoels
  5. metacogitate
  6. metacognition
  7. metacognitional
  8. metacognitions
  9. metacognitive
  10. metacognitively
  11. metacohort

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metacognition (page history and authors); metacognition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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