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metacognition

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metacognition (ˌmɛtəkɒɡˈnɪʃən)
 
n
psychol thinking about one's own mental processes

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Metacognition is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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  • To use a fancy word, there's a metacognition deficit.
  • Interesting that proficient meditators using the metacognition monitoring technique can sustain gamma.
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
Main Entry:  metacognition
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  awareness and understanding one's thinking and cognitive processes; thinking about thinking
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