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metavalue

metavalue noun: a standard by which good is measured, which is incommensurable with other values.

Noun

metavalue (plural metavalues)

  1. A standard by which good is measured, which is incommensurable with other values.
    • Efficiency as a metavalue is applied forward, to the future; but as a value it is measured backwards, in respect to the past.1991, Christopher Hodgkinson, Educational Leadership: The Moral Art, page 108
    • The preceding discussion assumes that happiness is the metavalue that the student maximizes. Perhaps some people seek happiness and others seek pleasure, social status, self-fulfillment, moral goodness, and so forth.2005, Francesco Parisi, Vernon L. Smith, The Law and Economics of Irrational Behavior, page 100

Forms of metavalue

pluralmetavalues

Origin of metavalue

From meta- + value.

Questions about metavalue

What does metavalue mean?
Metavalue means a standard by which good is measured, which is incommensurable with other values.
What part of speech is metavalue?
Metavalue is a noun.
What is the plural of metavalue?
The plural of metavalue is metavalues.

Words near metavalue in the dictionary

  1. metatyuyamunite
  2. metaunderstanding
  3. metaunderstandings
  4. metauniverse
  5. metauniverses
  6. metavalue
  7. metavalues
  8. metavanadate
  9. metavanadates
  10. metavanadic acid
  11. metavandendriesscheite

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