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metacriteria

metacriteria is the plural of metacriterion.

Meaning of metacriterion

Noun

metacriterion (plural metacriteria)

  1. A criterion used to choose between other criteria.
    • If there must be a strict hierarchy, then one must ask what metacriteria should be used to determine which morality is best, which behavior most appropriate, which culture most "natural," "holy," or "reasonable."1997, Eric Mark Kramer, Modern/postmodern: Off the Beaten Path of Antimodernism, page 20

Questions about metacriteria

What is metacriteria the plural of?
Metacriteria is the plural of metacriterion.

Words near metacriteria in the dictionary

  1. metacresol
  2. metacresols
  3. metacrises
  4. metacrisis
  5. metacristid
  6. metacriteria
  7. metacriterion
  8. metacritical
  9. metacriticism
  10. metacriticisms
  11. metacritique

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