"metarepresent" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: metarepresents [present, singular, third-person], metarepresenting [participle, present], metarepresented [participle, past], metarepresented [past]
Etymology: meta- + represent Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|represent}} meta- + represent Head templates: {{en-verb}} metarepresent (third-person singular simple present metarepresents, present participle metarepresenting, simple past and past participle metarepresented)
  1. To represent one's mental state as an emotion, memory etc.
    Sense id: en-metarepresent-en-verb-tkJOBxla Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta-

Inflected forms

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