Meanings
nounmetaphotography (uncountable)
- uncountableAny photographic process that transcends photographic processes, comments on photographic practices, or critiques photographic processes.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
- Englishmeta-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Frenchphotographie
- Englishphotography
- Englishmetaphotography
From meta- + photography.
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metaphotography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metaphotography
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“metaphotography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metaphotography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metaphotography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metaphotography.
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