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metalinguistic

adjective meta·lin·guis·tic \ˈme-tə-liŋ-ˌgwis-tik\

Definition of METALINGUISTIC

:  of or relating to a metalanguage or to metalinguistics
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First Known Use of METALINGUISTIC

1941

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