exophony

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noun

The quality of being exophonic.

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Meanings

nounexophony (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being exophonic.

    The translingual/transnational writers described here can be called specular border writers, to use Abdul JanMohamed's term, or writers of exophony, to use Tawada's term.

    2021, Steven G. Kellman, Natasha Lvovich, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism, Routledge, →ISBN, page 341

Origin

From exo- + -phony.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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