nonnarrative

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adjective

Not narrative in character or style

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Meanings

adjectivenonnarrative (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot narrative in character or style

    The prime advantage of nonnarrative cinema is that it allows one to think, in contradistinction to the conveyor-belt strategies of story telling[…].

    1988 January 8, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “10 From '87”, in Chicago Reader
nounnonnarrative (plural nonnarratives)

plural nonnarratives

  1. That which is not a narrative.

Origin

From non- + narrative.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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