meta
- adjective
- /ˈmɛtə/
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autorreferencial
- Her novel includes a meta discussion about the nature of storytelling itself.
And this, this raises I guess just a meta observation slash question.
- And this, this raises I guess just a meta observation slash question.
- That's sort of like the, that's the, the meta level, but the, the practical level.
- So there is no meta narrative in the postmodern view.
- And so now you get not just alerts, but you get meta alerts.
- I don't mean to be, you know, but that's the idea of meta learning you.
- And sort of heightening this meta glitch surrealism thing.
- You can't play the kind of like meta textual remove.
Examples
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They designed a meta material which does just that.
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So it's a very meta experience and it's super special.
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It's kind of a nice meta way of bringing things in.
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So that is a very well done meta review of existing literature.
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And in that case, you wouldn't have this kind of meta awareness.
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So Hume in a way is a kind of meta ethical writer.
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And this, this raises I guess just a meta observation slash question.
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You can't play the kind of like meta textual remove.
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Beth, I think that what's happened is that the Practical community has now become robust enough that we're doing very meta, anti-anti posts.
Blog text (3) -
The film was a clever meta commentary on the challenges of filmmaking.
Synonyms
Referring back to itself, for example a sentence that talks about itself
Surface Forms
Etymology
Meta comes from the Greek word meta meaning 'beyond' or 'after', and it is used to mean something that is 'about itself', like metadata ('data about data'). So when a film, book, or joke is meta, it is pointing at its own making or style, which is why it seems to 'talk about itself'.
