intertextual

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adjective

Pertaining to intertextuality; being or involving the reference to one text in another.

UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveintertextual (comparative more intertextual, superlative most intertextual)

comparative more intertextual · superlative most intertextual

  1. Pertaining to intertextuality; being or involving the reference to one text in another.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Englishtextual
  8. Englishintertextual

From inter- + textual.

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Translations

Danish intertekstuel
  • intertekstuelintertextual
Finnish intertekstuaalinen
  • intertekstuaalinenintertextual
Greek διακειμενικός
  • διακειμενικός (diakeimenikós)intertextual
Polish intertekstualny
  • intertekstualnyintertextual
Cite this entry
APA

intertextual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intertextual

MLA

“intertextual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intertextual. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intertextual,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intertextual.

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