Metacommunication

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Communication or discussion, especially involving academic analysis, about communication itself.
  2. 2
    Communication which is implicit and not expressed in words.

Etymology

From meta- + communication; from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after, beyond; with; adjacent; self”) + Latin commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”); from commūnicō (“share, impart, inform”).

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