metramorphosis

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noun

A creative principle supposed to be responsible for changes in borderlines.

OriginLate Latin metrium →
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Meanings

nounmetramorphosis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablematrixial theoryA creative principle supposed to be responsible for changes in borderlines.

    The third element of the matrixial model is metramorphosis: a process of change that is a result of nonphallic ways of contacting the archaic m/Other.

    2011, Pat Paxson, Art and Intuition: Borderlines and Boundaries

Origin

  1. Late Latinmetrium“womb”
  2. Englishmetramorphosis

Coined by Bracha L. Ettinger. See Late Latin metrium (“womb”) and metamorphosis.

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APA

metramorphosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metramorphosis

MLA

“metramorphosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metramorphosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metramorphosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metramorphosis.

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