metanalysis
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- meta-analysis (only in the first sense)
Etymology[edit]
meta- + analysis. Coined, in linguistic sense, by Otto Jesperson.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
metanalysis (countable and uncountable, plural metanalyses)
- Analysis of analyses.
- 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 boundaries between words or other units.
- The reinterpretation of "a napron" as "an apron" is an example of metanalysis.
- Synonym: rebracketing
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Translations[edit]
rebracketing — see rebracketing