metarepresent
metarepresent verb: to represent one's mental state as an emotion, memory etc.
Verb
metarepresent (third-person singular simple present metarepresents, present participle metarepresenting, simple past and past participle metarepresented)
- To represent one's mental state as an emotion, memory etc.
- The assumption was that one cannot properly monitor and control one’s own cognitive activity unless one is able to reflectively represent that one has first-order mental states, that is, unless one can metarepresent them as perceptions, memories, judgments, and so forth with specific contents [4...2015 October 31, “Procedural Metacognition and False Belief Understanding in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Forms of metarepresent
| third-person singular present | metarepresents |
|---|---|
| present participle | metarepresenting |
| past participle | metarepresented |
| past | metarepresented |
Origin of metarepresent
From meta- + represent.
Questions about metarepresent
- What does metarepresent mean?
- Metarepresent means to represent one's mental state as an emotion, memory etc.
- What part of speech is metarepresent?
- Metarepresent is a verb.
- What is the past tense of metarepresent?
- The past tense of metarepresent is metarepresented.
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