Meanings
noununwrittenness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality of being unwritten.
Soap opera is so readily incorporated into everyday life because its formal structures represent the liveness, the nowness, the unwrittenness of oral culture.
2010, John Fiske, Reading the Popular, page 159
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 不成文的特點 /不成文的特点
- 不成文的特點 /不成文的特点 (bùchéngwén de tèdiǎn)quality of being unwritten
German Ungeschriebenskeit
- Ungeschriebenskeitquality of being unwritten
Japanese 白紙, 無記載
- 白紙 (hakushi)quality of being unwritten
- 無記載 (mukisai)quality of being unwritten
- 暗黙 (anmoku)quality of being unwritten
Cite this entry
APA
unwrittenness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwrittenness
MLA
“unwrittenness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwrittenness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwrittenness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwrittenness.
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