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metacommunication

metacommunication noun: communication or discussion, especially involving academic analysis, about communication itself.

Noun

metacommunication (plural metacommunications)

  1. Communication or discussion, especially involving academic analysis, about communication itself.
  2. Communication which is implicit and not expressed in words.

Forms of metacommunication

pluralmetacommunications
alternative formmeta-communication

Origin of metacommunication

From meta- + communication; from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after, beyond; with; adjacent; self”) + Latin commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”); from commūnicō (“share, impart, inform”).

Questions about metacommunication

What does metacommunication mean?
Metacommunication means communication or discussion, especially involving academic analysis, about communication itself.
What part of speech is metacommunication?
Metacommunication is a noun.
What is the plural of metacommunication?
The plural of metacommunication is metacommunications.

Words near metacommunication in the dictionary

  1. metacomments
  2. metacommunicate
  3. metacommunicated
  4. metacommunicates
  5. metacommunicating
  6. metacommunication
  7. metacommunications
  8. metacommunicative
  9. metacommunities
  10. metacommunity
  11. metacompact

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