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metapurpose

noun

Etymology

From meta- + purpose.

  1. derived from propono
  2. derived from prō-
  3. derived from purposer
  4. inherited from purpos
  5. prefixed as metapurpose — “meta + purpose”

Definitions

  1. A secondary or higher-level purpose.

    • In our discussion of power above, it is indicated that this defeats one of the metapurposes of counseling, which is to empower the client.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for metapurpose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA