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menaphilia

you have an addiction to men not boys, you only have crushes on more mature males.
Omg Elizabeth is dating a 23 year old, she has menaphilia
by sexygirl23467 May 1, 2020
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Metaphase

A database package that uses relationships between objects to create a structure. Displayed using icons as well as data screens. Created by a company called SDRC. Not bad but a bit outdated.
Used to control product data in a number of engineering companies.
by Sandy April 1, 2005
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Medophile

Mrs Grundy is a medophile
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Metaphelangical chord

Eek, I put my Metaphelangical chord in the wrong way round.
by Jenna April 15, 2004
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Memophile

Someone who’s so into memes that it’s the only thing they say it’s what they live and it’s so fucking annoying I want to crush their skull because they won’t SHUT UP ABOUT MEMES
Hey yeah you know that guy over there?

Yeah? What about him?

He’s a memophile. Stay away from him.
by Nobody is a Bitch December 19, 2019
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Metaphilosophy

The philosophy of philosophy. It steps back to ask: What is the purpose, method, and scope of philosophy itself? Is its goal to discover objective truths, to clarify concepts, or to provide wisdom for living? How does it differ from science? Metaphilosophy is inherently self-referential—it’s philosophy doing its own homework, examining its tools and its right to exist before building another grand system.
Metaphilosophy Example: The debate between analytic philosophy (which views philosophy as conceptual analysis) and continental philosophy (which views it as cultural critique and existential inquiry) is a Metaphilosophical debate. It's not about a specific philosophical problem, but about what philosophy is and should be.
by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026
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Metaphilosophy

The philosophical examination of philosophy itself—its methods, purposes, history, and self-understanding. Metaphilosophy asks: What is philosophy for? Is it making progress? Are philosophical questions answerable, or just endlessly debatable? What counts as a good philosophical argument? How does philosophy relate to science, to art, to life? Metaphilosophy is philosophy's self-reflection, its attempt to understand its own nature. Without metaphilosophy, philosophy risks becoming either arrogant (claiming to answer everything) or irrelevant (failing to ask why it matters). Metaphilosophy keeps philosophy honest by forcing it to confront its own foundations and purposes.
"You're deep in a philosophical debate about free will. Metaphilosophy asks: what would a solution look like? How would we know if we found it? Is this a empirical question dressed as conceptual, or conceptual dressed as empirical? You're so busy doing philosophy you haven't asked what philosophy can do. That's metaphilosophy—philosophy about philosophy, the mirror held up to the mirror."
by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026
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