meta

Definitions

Referring to itself or to the conventions of its own genre, especially in a self-referential way.

Denoting something of a higher or second-order kind that describes or analyzes its own category.

Examples

The movie is very meta, as the characters frequently break the fourth wall to discuss the plot of the film itself.

He wrote a meta commentary on the nature of blogging while sitting at his computer typing a blog post.

Synonyms

self-referential reflexive recursive self-aware introspective abstract transcendental

Antonyms

literal straightforward direct unreflective concrete simple unconscious