subliterary

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adjective

Below the level of literature.

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informal
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Meanings

adjectivesubliterary (comparative more subliterary, superlative most subliterary)

comparative more subliterary · superlative most subliterary

  1. Below the level of literature.

    The narrative structure of a "subliterary" or "popular" genre like the dime novel may be reduced to a diagram or formula.

    1986, Thomas Kent, Interpretation and Genre, page 102

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot written as or intended to be literature

Similar
informal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sub- + literary.

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Translations

Spanish subliterario
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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