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metaphilosophy

metaphilosophy noun: the study of the subject matter, methods, and aims of philosophy.

Noun

metaphilosophy (countable and uncountable, plural metaphilosophies)

  1. The study of the subject matter, methods, and aims of philosophy.

Forms of metaphilosophy

pluralmetaphilosophies

Origin of metaphilosophy

From meta- + philosophy.

Words formed from metaphilosophy

Questions about metaphilosophy

What does metaphilosophy mean?
Metaphilosophy means the study of the subject matter, methods, and aims of philosophy.
What part of speech is metaphilosophy?
Metaphilosophy is a noun.
What is the plural of metaphilosophy?
The plural of metaphilosophy is metaphilosophies.

Words near metaphilosophy in the dictionary

  1. metaphilosopher
  2. metaphilosophers
  3. metaphilosophical
  4. metaphilosophically
  5. metaphilosophies
  6. metaphilosophy
  7. metaphloem
  8. metaphloems
  9. metaphone
  10. metaphoneme
  11. metaphonemes

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