# metacommunication

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Communication or discussion, especially involving academic analysis, about communication itself.
2. Communication which is implicit and not expressed in words.

## Etymology
From meta- + communication; from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after, beyond; with; adjacent; self”) + Latin commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”); from commūnicō (“share, impart, inform”).

## Source
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