Metareflexive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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 […]"

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"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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