Etymology

antiliterature

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Today it means: Written works that deliberately avoid the typical conventions of literature, such as antinovels, antiplays and antipoems. Full definition →

English literature ← Middle English literature ← Old French littérature
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂leyH-
  8. Old Latinleitera
  9. Latinlīterader.?
  10. Proto-Hellenic*dipʰtʰérā?
  11. Ancient Greekδιφθέρᾱ (diphthérā)
  12. Etruscan[Term?]bor.?
  13. Latinlittera
  14. Latinlitterātūra
  15. Old Frenchlittérature
  16. Middle Englishliterature
  17. Englishliterature
  18. English todayantiliterature

From anti- + literature.

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