metapurpose

noun

metapurpose

noun

Etymology From meta- + purpose.

1

A secondary or higher-level purpose.

In our discussion of power above, it is indicated that this defeats one of the metapurposes of counseling, which is to empower the client.2003, Ira David Welch, The therapeutic relationship, page 210:

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