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metarule

metarule noun: a rule that governs the application of other rules.

Noun

metarule (plural metarules)

  1. A rule that governs the application of other rules.
    • Indeed, man’s need for rules and his propensity to follow them is equaled only by his desire to reject rules and be free of them. […] One of the most useful methods for resolving this dilemma is our capacity for abstraction which makes it possible to construct progressively higher levels of...1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 9, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 161

Forms of metarule

pluralmetarules

Origin of metarule

From meta- + rule.

Questions about metarule

What does metarule mean?
Metarule means a rule that governs the application of other rules.
What part of speech is metarule?
Metarule is a noun.
What is the plural of metarule?
The plural of metarule is metarules.

Words near metarule in the dictionary

  1. metarteriolar
  2. metarteriole
  3. metarterioles
  4. metarubricyte
  5. metarubricytes
  6. metarule
  7. metarules
  8. metas
  9. metasaccharinic
  10. metasaccharinic acid
  11. metasaccharinic acids

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