metatextuality

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noun

A form of intertextual discourse in which one text makes critical commentary on another.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

nounmetatextuality (countable and uncountable, plural metatextualities)

plural metatextualities

  1. countableuncountableA form of intertextual discourse in which one text makes critical commentary on another.

Origin

Translations

Catalan metatextualitat
  • metatextualitatform of intertextual discourse
Finnish metatekstisyys
  • metatekstisyysform of intertextual discourse
German Metatextualität
  • Metatextualitätform of intertextual discourse
Spanish metatextualidad
  • metatextualidadform of intertextual discourse
Cite this entry
APA

metatextuality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metatextuality

MLA

“metatextuality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metatextuality. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metatextuality,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metatextuality.

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