anti-episode
anti-episode noun: a narrative installment that intentionally subverts the standard format, pacing, or dramatic structure of a series.
Noun
anti-episode (usually uncountable, plural anti-episodes)
- A narrative installment that intentionally subverts the standard format, pacing, or dramatic structure of a series.
- Pezard has acceded to the calls of those critics who, interpreting as erroneous all of the declarations that pass the lips of the cleric, read the canto as an anti-episode, seeking in it their natural allies at least as far as their insistence on the intellectual understanding of Brunetto's sinful...1998, Allen Mandelbaum, Anthony Oldcorn, Charles Ross (editors), Inferno, Lectura Dantis, page 207
- An 'anti-episode' can be seen in the third week of July (16-20 July) : no exceedances are observed at any of the stations.2001, European Environment Agency (contributor), Topic Report, Issues 13-16, page 19
Adjective
anti-episode (comparative more anti-episode, superlative most anti-episode)
- Against or acting or working against an episode.
- Given a fair degree of confidence in the possibility of success with the 'anti-episode' and maintenance therapies, the team can turn to other means of helping patients and supporting their families,1977, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal Medico-psychological Association (contributors), The British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 130, page 447
- The other parameters, the age of onset, frequency of episodes, euphoric and grandiose symptoms, clinical respond to first lithium anti-episode medications and lithium clearance could also be used as corresponding predictive factors in selecting1991, Zhongshan Medical College (publisher), China Medical Abstracts, Chung-kuo i Hsüeh Wen Che Nei Kʻo Hsüeh Fen Tsʻe. Internal medicine, Volume 8, page 126
Forms of anti-episode
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | anti-episodes |
| alternative form (rare) | antiepisode |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more anti-episode |
| superlative | most anti-episode |
Origin of anti-episode
From anti- + episode.
Questions about anti-episode
- What does anti-episode mean?
- Anti-episode means a narrative installment that intentionally subverts the standard format, pacing, or dramatic structure of a series.
- What part of speech is anti-episode?
- Anti-episode can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of anti-episode?
- The plural of anti-episode is anti-episodes.
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