Despite his refined tastes in clothing, excessive use of designer hygiene products, and knowledge of food, art, and culture, Anthony won’t get off the couch... he’s becoming metrosectional.
Definition (coined by Mark DiPaolo, 2025):
1. adj. — Pertaining to a mode of perception that transcends both inward self-reflection and outward observation, attaining the highest possible vantage, as if through the perspective of angels, God, or ultimate consciousness.
2. n. — The act or quality of adopting such a transcendent viewpoint; a God’s-eye way of seeing.
Etymology: From Greek meta- “beyond, above” + Latin specere “to look.” Coined by Mark DiPaolo in 2025.
Usage examples:
• She entered a metaspective state during meditation, sensing the unity of all things.
• Without metaspective, philosophy risks becoming trapped in the narrow lens of human experience.