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metalinguistic

American

[met-uh-ling-gwis-tik] / ˌmɛt ə lɪŋˈgwɪs tɪk /

adjective

of or relating to metalinguistics or a metalanguage.

Other Word Forms

metalinguistically

adverb

Etymology

Origin of metalinguistic

First recorded in 1940–45; meta- + linguistic

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