Metavation

Metaphysical Motivation

Applying metaphysical principles to transform and elevate your life.

I've been seeing a lot of Metavation on social media recently, my algorithm is fire.

by Metavation January 30, 2025

Metanarrative Dissonance

Metanarrative Dissonance is an incongruence between the narrative of a game (the story) and the outside parts unrelated to the story nor the game itself (real life related features).

+ Why are the illustrations made by this character so different to each other? I thought they had a unique style.

- Must've been made by different ppl irl. Metanarrative Dissonance sucks.

by staria1487 February 18, 2025

melanated immigrant

An individual in the United States with melanin that is NOT a foundational black American. Many of these melanated immigrants do not see themselves as black unless it's convenient for them

Prime examples of who would classify as a melanated immigrant in the United States would be Barack Obama, Ilhan Omar, Stephen A. Smith and Roland Martin

by chillin662 February 21, 2025

Metamaterialism

A sophisticated form of materialism that has incorporated its critics—a materialism that acknowledges the reality of consciousness, meaning, and experience while insisting they are ultimately material in some expanded sense. Metamaterialism doesn't reduce mind to neurons; it expands matter to include mind. It suggests that matter may be more complex, more strange, more capable than traditional materialism allowed—perhaps matter itself has experiential properties, or gives rise to genuinely novel phenomena that are still material in origin if not in character. It's materialism that has learned from its critics and grown.

Metamaterialism "I used to be a simple materialist: everything is particles. Then I studied consciousness and realized particles don't explain experience. Now I'm a Metamaterialist: matter is richer than we thought, capable of generating mind, meaning, maybe even spirit. Not abandoning materialism—expanding it."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026

Metarationality

Rationality about rationality—the systematic examination of what rationality is, how it operates, how it varies across contexts, and how it relates to other modes of thought. Metarationality asks second-order questions: What counts as rational in different domains? How do rational standards change over time? How do different cultures conceptualize rationality? What are the limits of rational thought? How does rationality relate to emotion, intuition, tradition, and faith? It also examines pathologies of rationality—how rational systems can produce irrational outcomes, how claims to rationality can mask power, how rational standards can exclude legitimate ways of knowing. Metarationality is rationality reflecting on itself, seeking not just to be rational but to understand what rationality is and what it might become.

Example: "Her metarationality analysis showed how the 'rationality' of modern economics excludes considerations of justice, sustainability, and human flourishing—not because these are irrational, but because the particular rationality of economics has been built to exclude them."

by Dumu The Void March 16, 2026

Metarational Literacy

The capacity to reflect on the nature, limits, and diversity of rationality itself. A metarationally literate person understands that there is no single, universal “reason” but multiple rationalities adapted to different contexts—scientific, legal, moral, everyday. They can evaluate when different standards of reason apply, recognize the historical and cultural formation of rational norms, and critically assess claims that equate their own rationality with Reason itself.

Example: “Her metarational literacy helped her navigate the debate between economists and ecologists: she saw that both were rational, but each operated within different frameworks of value, time, and evidence.”

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 24, 2026

metamaturant

(adj. / n.) —
A stage or process in midlife marked by personal transformation, renewed purpose, or deep self-redefinition; the act of evolving beyond previous forms of maturity.

Example (as adjective):

"After her children left home, she entered a metamaturant phase that reignited her creativity."
Example (as a noun):

"His metamaturant began when he realized success no longer meant status but authenticity."

by 1lyonslair November 17, 2025