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metramorphosis

metramorphosis noun: a creative principle supposed to be responsible for changes in borderlines.

Noun

metramorphosis (uncountable)

  1. (matrixial theory) A creative principle supposed to be responsible for changes in borderlines.
    • The third element of the matrixial model is metramorphosis: a process of change that is a result of nonphallic ways of contacting the archaic m/Other.2011, Pat Paxson, Art and Intuition: Borderlines and Boundaries

Origin of metramorphosis

Coined by Bracha L. Ettinger. See Late Latin metrium (“womb”) and metamorphosis.

Questions about metramorphosis

What does metramorphosis mean?
Metramorphosis means a creative principle supposed to be responsible for changes in borderlines.
What part of speech is metramorphosis?
Metramorphosis is a noun.

Words near metramorphosis in the dictionary

  1. metrae
  2. metrafenone
  3. metralgia
  4. metralindole
  5. metramorphic
  6. metramorphosis
  7. metras
  8. metratonia
  9. metrazol
  10. metre
  11. metre gauge

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