metaperspective

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noun

The perspective that one believes another person to attribute to him or her.

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Meanings

nounmetaperspective (plural metaperspectives)

plural metaperspectives

  1. human sciencesThe perspective that one believes another person to attribute to him or her.

    The husband's metaperspective is his view of his wife's view of her relationship with him.

    1981, Dennis R Smith, Lewis Keith Williamson, Interpersonal communication: roles, rules, strategies, and games
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    Psychoethics is also seen as a guide in identifying problems with disciplines from the eagle's point of a metaperspective and in the interest of helping in decision making .

    1994, Mary Lou Rubert, Psychoethics, America's Perestroika, page 5

    The metaperspective aims to assess the degree to which one relationship member can accurately infer the other member's closeness, commitment, and complementarity.

    2007, Sophia Jowett, David Lavallee, Social psychology in sport

Origin

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