metacommunication means communication or discussion, especially involving academic analysis, about communication itself. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Why this word is great
METACOMMUNICATION — [Noun] The implicit or explicit signals that frame how a verbal message should be interpreted; communication about communication. From the English prefix meta- (from Ancient Greek μετά (metá), meaning "beyond, about") and communication (from Latin commūnicātiō, "imparting, sharing"). Unlike "communication," the broad exchange of information, or "subtext," a latent meaning within the message, metacommunication is the active choreography of understanding itself. It is the raised eyebrow that brackets a statement as irony, the hesitant pause that makes a simple "fine" an admission of despair, or the formal letterhead that insists a personal note is now official business—the silent architecture that gives weight and vector to words, revealing we are always, quietly, negotiating the reality we speak.
noun
- Communication or discussion, especially involving academic analysis, about communication itself.
- Communication which is implicit and not expressed in words.