Meta

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What Does Meta Mean?

/ˈmɛtə/

adjective

Referring to itself or to the conventions of its genre; self-referential.

指其自身或其类型的约定；自指的。

The film is a meta-commentary on the nature of fame.
She wrote a meta-analysis of existing studies on climate change.
His novel includes meta-fiction elements that challenge traditional storytelling.
They created a meta-joke that makes fun of typical punchlines.
In our class, we often discuss meta-ethics and moral philosophy.

noun

A prefix used to indicate a concept that is an abstraction from another concept.

一个用于指示从另一个概念抽象出来的概念的前缀。