Meanings
nounmetaconsumption (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe consumption of a process of consumption, rather than of an actual work or product.
In metaconsumption, the objectification, rather than the object itself, is shared, circulated, and consumed. This objectification can impart status to and shape identity for those who are able to lay claim to it through language.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
- Englishmeta-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
- Proto-Italic*emō
- Latinemō
- Latinsūmō
- Latincōnsūmō
- Latincōnsūmptiō
- Old Frenchconsumpcion
- Middle Englishconsumpcioun
- Englishconsumption
- Englishmetaconsumption
From meta- + consumption.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with metaconsumption
consumptionassumptionpresumptionresumptionsumptionsubsumptiongumptionoverconsumptionabsumptionanticonsumptionautoconsumptioncoconsumptioncyberconsumptionhyperconsumptionmisassumptionnonassumptionnonconsumptionnonresumptionphotoconsumptionpreassumptionprosumptionreassumptionreconsumptionrumgumption
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
metaconsumption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metaconsumption
MLA
“metaconsumption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metaconsumption. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metaconsumption,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metaconsumption.
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