metavalue

Etymology

From meta- + value.

metavalue means A standard by which good is measured, which is incommensurable with other values. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

Why this word is great

METAVALUE — [Noun] A standard by which good is measured, which is incommensurable with other values. From meta- ("beyond, transcending") + value ("worth, principle"). Unlike "axiom" (a self-evident foundation for reasoning) or "norm" (a contextual standard), a metavalue stands apart—not a rule to follow, but a light by which all rules are judged. It is the silent compass in a moral wilderness, the unspoken reason a mother chooses hunger so her child may eat, the ineffable weight that makes a lie told for kindness heavier than a truth spoken in cruelty. To name a metavalue is to betray it; to live by one is to know the weight of the sacred.

noun

A standard by which good is measured, which is incommensurable with other values.“Efficiency as a metavalue is applied forward, to the future; but as a value it is measured backwards, in respect to the past.”