Metaperspective

Origin

- + perspective

Full definition of metaperspective

Noun

1. (psychology) The perspective that one believes another person to attribute to him or her.
• 1981, Dennis R Smith, Lewis Keith Williamson, Interpersonal communication: roles, rules, strategies, and gamesThe husband's metaperspective is his view of his wife's view of her relationship with him.
• 2007, Sophia Jowett, David Lavallee, Social psychology in sportThe metaperspective aims to assess the degree to which one relationship member can accurately infer the other member's closeness, commitment, and complementarity.