Metareflexive
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Reflecting on the process of reflection.
"Examples of metareflexive texts include Derridean deconstruction, Garfinkelian ethnomethodology […] Metareflexive writers are obsessed with methodology to the exclusion of all else […]"
Example
More examples"Examples of metareflexive texts include Derridean deconstruction, Garfinkelian ethnomethodology […] Metareflexive writers are obsessed with methodology to the exclusion of all else […]"
Etymology
From meta- + reflexive.
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