metabelief

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noun

A belief about some belief(s).

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Meanings

nounmetabelief (countable and uncountable, plural metabeliefs)

plural metabeliefs

  1. countableuncountableA belief about some belief(s).

    In the second case, however, no such metabelief is needed to mediate a metacognitive evaluation.

    2015 October 31, “Procedural Metacognition and False Belief Understanding in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From meta- + belief.

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Chicago

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