metatextual
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
metatextual (comparative more metatextual, superlative most metatextual)
- Constituting self-referential text (text about the text); for example, as mentioned earlier herein.
- Of or pertaining to metatextuality.
- 2016 October 2, David Sims, “Westworld Is a Grand Saga of Gunslingers and Robots”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- Still, the meta-textual cleverness of the whole affair takes a little while to settle into, partly because the early storylines feel so routine.
- 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club[2], archived from the original on 5 March 2018:
- The metatextual tweak to the then-tired franchise was a creative shot in the arm, and though it didn’t set the box office on fire, it set the stage for Scream’s brilliant deconstruction of the genre.
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Translations[edit]
of or pentaining to metatextuality
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌmɛ.tə.təks.tuˈal]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˌmɛ.ta.teks.tuˈal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective[edit]
metatextual m or f (masculine and feminine plural metatextuals)