architextuality

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noun

The categories and properties of a literary genre that provide the textuality of an individual work.

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Meanings

nounarchitextuality (countable and uncountable, plural architextualities)

plural architextualities

  1. countableuncountableThe categories and properties of a literary genre that provide the textuality of an individual work.

    These architextualities, in turn, replicate the metrics and asymmetrical geometries of say the city or a philosophy.

    2008, Mary Valentis, Tara P. Monastero, Paula Yablonsky, TechKnowledgies, page 20
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    Therefore this chapter moves into two directions, cybertextually expanding (and reorganizing) the field of architextuality, and specifying the ergodic variety within it.

    2012, Markku Eskelinen, Cybertext Poetics

Origin

Blend of architecture + textuality? Coined by Gérard Genette.

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APA

architextuality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/architextuality

MLA

“architextuality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/architextuality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “architextuality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/architextuality.

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