metatemplate
English
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editEtymology
editFirst attested hyphenated in 1977 and first attested unhyphenated in 1994; formed as meta- + template.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mĕʹtətĕmplāt, IPA(key): /ˈmɛtətɛmpleɪt/
Noun
editmetatemplate (plural metatemplates)
- A template which forms the basis for other templates.
- 1994, Dan Sperber, “The modularity of thought and the epidemiology of representations” in Mapping the Mind: Domain Specificity in Cognition and Culture (Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, eds. Lawrence A. Hirschfeld and Susan A. Gelman, page 48
- The template–copy relationship might sometimes involve more levels. A general living-kind-categorization metatemplate could project, not directly concepts, but other, more specific templates for different domains of living kinds.