metanalysis
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met·anal·y·sis

noun \ˌme-tə-ˈna-lə-səs\

Definition of METANALYSIS

: a reanalysis of the division between sounds or words resulting in different constituents (as in the development of an apron from a napron)

First Known Use of METANALYSIS

1914

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