A term, especially in art, used to characterize something that is characteristically self-referential.
"So I just saw this film about these people making a movie, and the movie they were making was about the film industry..."
"Dude, that's so meta. Stop before my brain explodes."
"Dude, that's so meta. Stop before my brain explodes."
by Dara L October 29, 2005
Get the meta mug.Meta-ethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, statements, attitudes, and judgments. Meta-ethics is one of the three branches of ethics generally studied by philosophers, the others being normative ethics and applied ethics.
There are three kinds of meta-ethics problems, or three general questions:
1) What is the meaning of moral terms or judgments? (moral semantics)
2) What is the nature of moral judgments? (moral ontology)
3) How may moral judgments be supported or defended? (moral epistemology) A question of the first type might be, "What do the words 'good', 'bad', 'right' and 'wrong' mean?" The second category includes questions of whether moral judgments are universal or relative, of one kind or many kinds, etc. Questions of the third kind ask, for example, how we can know if something is right or wrong, if at all.
1) What is the meaning of moral terms or judgments? (moral semantics)
2) What is the nature of moral judgments? (moral ontology)
3) How may moral judgments be supported or defended? (moral epistemology) A question of the first type might be, "What do the words 'good', 'bad', 'right' and 'wrong' mean?" The second category includes questions of whether moral judgments are universal or relative, of one kind or many kinds, etc. Questions of the third kind ask, for example, how we can know if something is right or wrong, if at all.
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1. Shortened for of "metagame". In any kind of competitive gaming, there exists a kind of extra game on top of the game. Certain tactics are found to be very effective, and because of that, counters to those tactics become effective, and so on. The current state of the interactions between all these tactics is referred to as "the metagame" for a particular game.
2. Self-referential. In film and television, the lexicon has adopted meta to mean anything in a film or TV show that references films or TV shows.
3. Generally, any approach that discusses the sub approaches in a field or media. Metafiction, for example, plays off the expectations of the audience to surprise and delight them.
A metaverse is a collection of multiple complete fictional universes.
Metadata is the data that describes your data (e.g. in the statement "you have 10 gigs of videos stored on your hard drive", the videos are the data and the information that there are 10 gigs, and that they're on your hard drive is metadata)
2. Self-referential. In film and television, the lexicon has adopted meta to mean anything in a film or TV show that references films or TV shows.
3. Generally, any approach that discusses the sub approaches in a field or media. Metafiction, for example, plays off the expectations of the audience to surprise and delight them.
A metaverse is a collection of multiple complete fictional universes.
Metadata is the data that describes your data (e.g. in the statement "you have 10 gigs of videos stored on your hard drive", the videos are the data and the information that there are 10 gigs, and that they're on your hard drive is metadata)
1. These decks are particularly good in the current meta
2. "Ooh, I have some big plans this season, I want to move away from the heavy emotional plots and back to more wacky hijinks"
"Abed, for the LAST TIME, this are NOT a -"
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3. "I want to talk about how we talk about things."
"Dude, that is so meta"
2. "Ooh, I have some big plans this season, I want to move away from the heavy emotional plots and back to more wacky hijinks"
"Abed, for the LAST TIME, this are NOT a -"
Cuts to Intro themesong
3. "I want to talk about how we talk about things."
"Dude, that is so meta"
by Ignus3 March 16, 2019
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The girl wearing that floral bikini is such a matzah. I wonder if she'll melt when she gets in the water.
by skylight April 23, 2005
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It is used to refer to the campaigns of total civil mind-control which replaced traditional military warfare in the late 21. century.
Meta-war and its invasive nature, which usually leaves the losing side as a drone-state, has largely been responsible for the decline of worldwide hostilities in recent years, with a Balance of Terror keeping warring factions at bay.
It is used to refer to the campaigns of total civil mind-control which replaced traditional military warfare in the late 21. century.
Meta-war and its invasive nature, which usually leaves the losing side as a drone-state, has largely been responsible for the decline of worldwide hostilities in recent years, with a Balance of Terror keeping warring factions at bay.
by Gissur December 9, 2004
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Person 1: OH MAN! Where do I send your Funny Guy Award???
Person 2: I'd tell you but then I'd have to go to sexual harassment training
Person 1: nice meta sexual harassment.
Person 2: I'd tell you but then I'd have to go to sexual harassment training
Person 1: nice meta sexual harassment.
by jkitchen April 28, 2008
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He has a giant flying ship called the halberd and has appeared in many kirby games, also in smash bros brawl.
He has very fast swipes and his final smash is galaxia darkness.
He has a giant flying ship called the halberd and has appeared in many kirby games, also in smash bros brawl.
He has very fast swipes and his final smash is galaxia darkness.
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