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metaresearch

metaresearch noun: research into research: its methods, nature, and limits.

Noun

metaresearch (uncountable)

  1. Research into research: its methods, nature, and limits.

Origin of metaresearch

From meta- + research.

Questions about metaresearch

What does metaresearch mean?
Metaresearch means research into research: its methods, nature, and limits.
What part of speech is metaresearch?
Metaresearch is a noun.

Words near metaresearch in the dictionary

  1. metarepresentational
  2. metarepresentations
  3. metarepresented
  4. metarepresenting
  5. metarepresents
  6. metaresearch
  7. metareview
  8. metareviews
  9. metargon
  10. metarhodopsin
  11. metarhodopsins

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