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antiliterature

antiliterature noun: written works that deliberately avoid the typical conventions of literature, such as antinovels, antiplays and antipoems.

Noun

antiliterature (uncountable)

  1. Written works that deliberately avoid the typical conventions of literature, such as antinovels, antiplays and antipoems.

Origin of antiliterature

From anti- + literature.

Questions about antiliterature

What does antiliterature mean?
Antiliterature means written works that deliberately avoid the typical conventions of literature, such as antinovels, antiplays and antipoems.
What part of speech is antiliterature?
Antiliterature is a noun.

Words near antiliterature in the dictionary

  1. antiliteracy
  2. antiliteral
  3. antiliteralism
  4. antiliterary
  5. antiliterate
  6. antiliterature
  7. antilithiatic
  8. antilithic
  9. antilithics
  10. antilithium
  11. antilithogenic

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