metanalysis
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (sense 1): meta-analysis
Etymology[edit]
meta- + analysis. In the linguistic sense coined by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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metanalysis (countable and uncountable, plural metanalyses)
- Analysis of analyses.
- Synonym: meta-analysis
- a metanalysis of 35 existing studies
- (linguistics) The act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to it; breaking down the original boundaries between morphemes, words, or other units.
- Synonym: rebracketing
- Coordinate term: reanalysis
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Translations[edit]
rebracketing — see rebracketing
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