metacriterion

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ criterion.

Noun

metacriterion (plural metacriteria)

1. A criterion used to choose between other criteria.
   • 1997, Eric Mark Kramer, Modern/postmodern: Off the Beaten Path of Antimodernism, page 20:

     If there must be a strict hierarchy, then one must ask what metacriteria should be used to determine which morality is best, which behavior most appropriate, which culture most "natural," "holy," or "reasonable."