Metareflexive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Metareflexive is an adjective meaning Reflecting on the process of reflection.
Meaning
Reflecting on the process of reflection.
Example Sentences
Examples of metareflexive texts include Derridean deconstruction, Garfinkelian ethnomethodology […] Metareflexive writers are obsessed with methodology to the exclusion of all else […]
The answer is perhaps easier in the case of the latter, for one can indeed reread the above dialogue as a metareflexive commentary on the difficulties of understanding that this film brings into play.
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