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metacognition

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metacognition

Etymology

From meta- +‎ cognition.

Noun

metacognition (countable and uncountable, plural metacognitions)

(philosophy) the act of thinking about thinking.
Synonyms: metathinking, metathought

Coordinate terms: sentience, consciousness; metaemotion, metalanguage, metaphilosophy, metascience, metatheory

Related terms

metacogitate

Translations

thinking about thinking

Catalan: metacognició (ca) f
Estonian: metakognitsioon (et)
Finnish: metakognitio
French: métacognition (fr) f
Italian: metacognizione f
Polish: metakognicja (pl) f
Portuguese: metacognição f
Spanish: metacognición (es) f
Swedish: metakognition c
Vietnamese: siêu nhận thức

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