metacriterion

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meta- +‎ criterion

Noun[edit]

metacriterion (plural metacriteria)

  1. A criterion used to choose between other criteria.
    • 1997, Eric Mark Kramer, Modern/postmodern: Off the Beaten Path of Antimodernism, page 20:
      If there must be a strict hierarchy, then one must ask what metacriteria should be used to determine which morality is best, which behavior most appropriate, which culture most "natural," "holy," or "reasonable."
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