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meta- +‎ analysis. In the linguistic sense coined by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen.

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metanalysis (countable and uncountable, plural metanalyses)

  1. Meta-analysis.
    Synonym: meta-analysis
    a metanalysis of 35 existing studies
  2. (linguistics) The act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to it; breaking down the original boundaries between morphemes, words, or other units.
    Synonym: rebracketing
    Coordinate term: reanalysis
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