antiepisode

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A form of anti-episode — A narrative installment that intentionally subverts the standard format, pacing, or dramatic structure of a series.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounantiepisode (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralrareRare form of anti-episode

    antiepisode of this component with factor estimates from -1.3 to -2.0.

    1986, Cliff I. Davidson, Jerome O. Nriagu (editors), Toxic Metals in the Atmosphere, page 290
    1 more example

    As I mentioned, this particular antiepisode in Peanuts is more than justified in a daily column, but as the subject of a novel it is noticeably flat, even tiring.

    1966, Dan Murray (editor-in-chief), Scholastic, The Student Weekley of the University of Notre Dame, page 20
adjectiveantiepisode (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareRare form of anti-episode
    1 more example

    This model has obvious important clinical implications in distinguishing between neurochemical alterations associated with seizures and affective disorders that are part of the primary pathophysiological process from those that are secondary and endogenous mechanisms that have potential antiepisode effects.

    2007, Dorothee GA Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite, Gregory L. Holmes, Steven C. Schachter (editors), Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy, Principles and Practice, page 22

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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