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metaparadigm

metaparadigm noun: the most general and overarching framework for a discipline that represents its core concepts.

Noun

metaparadigm (plural metaparadigms)

  1. The most general and overarching framework for a discipline that represents its core concepts.
    • The human factor metaparadigm refers to individuals in a definite culture, family, and society. The environment metaparadigm characterizes all regional, national, and global cultural, social, political, and economic conditions related to human health. The health metaparadigm defines processes of...2019, Ayse Deliktas, Oznur Korukcu, Ruveyde Aydin, Kamile Kabukcuoglu, “Nursing Students' Perceptions of Nursing Metaparadigms: A Phenomenological Study”, in The Journal of Nursing Research (e45)...

Forms of metaparadigm

pluralmetaparadigms

Origin of metaparadigm

From meta- + paradigm.

Questions about metaparadigm

What does metaparadigm mean?
Metaparadigm means the most general and overarching framework for a discipline that represents its core concepts.
What part of speech is metaparadigm?
Metaparadigm is a noun.
What is the plural of metaparadigm?
The plural of metaparadigm is metaparadigms.

Words near metaparadigm in the dictionary

  1. metaorganisms
  2. metapackage
  3. metapackages
  4. metaparable
  5. metaparables
  6. metaparadigm
  7. metaparameter
  8. metaparameters
  9. metaparaptera
  10. metaparapteral
  11. metaparapteron

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