metaperspective

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ perspective

Noun

metaperspective (plural metaperspectives)

1. (psychology) The perspective that one believes another person to attribute to him or her.
   • 1981, Dennis R Smith, Lewis Keith Williamson, Interpersonal communication: roles, rules, strategies, and games

     The husband's metaperspective is his view of his wife's view of her relationship with him.

   • 2007, Sophia Jowett, David Lavallee, Social psychology in sport

     The metaperspective aims to assess the degree to which one relationship member can accurately infer the other member's closeness, commitment, and complementarity.

Hypernyms

• perspective