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metareferential

metareferential adjective: relating to or exhibiting metareference.

Adjective

metareferential (comparative more metareferential, superlative most metareferential)

  1. Relating to or exhibiting metareference.

Forms of metareferential

comparativemore metareferential
superlativemost metareferential

Origin of metareferential

From meta- + referential.

Words formed from metareferential

Questions about metareferential

What does metareferential mean?
Metareferential means relating to or exhibiting metareference.
What part of speech is metareferential?
Metareferential is an adjective.

Words near metareferential in the dictionary

  1. metarealistic
  2. metarealists
  3. metareasoning
  4. metareference
  5. metareferences
  6. metareferential
  7. metareferentially
  8. metareflection
  9. metareflective
  10. metareflectively
  11. metareflexive

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