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architextuality

architextuality noun: the categories and properties of a literary genre that provide the textuality of an individual work.

Noun

architextuality (countable and uncountable, plural architextualities)

  1. The categories and properties of a literary genre that provide the textuality of an individual work.
    • These architextualities, in turn, replicate the metrics and asymmetrical geometries of say the city or a philosophy.2008, Mary Valentis, Tara P. Monastero, Paula Yablonsky, TechKnowledgies, page 20
    • Therefore this chapter moves into two directions, cybertextually expanding (and reorganizing) the field of architextuality, and specifying the ergodic variety within it.2012, Markku Eskelinen, Cybertext Poetics

Forms of architextuality

pluralarchitextualities

Origin of architextuality

Blend of architecture + textuality? Coined by Gérard Genette.

Questions about architextuality

What does architextuality mean?
Architextuality means the categories and properties of a literary genre that provide the textuality of an individual work.
What part of speech is architextuality?
Architextuality is a noun.
What is the plural of architextuality?
The plural of architextuality is architextualities.

Words near architextuality in the dictionary

  1. architeuthid
  2. architeuthids
  3. architeuthis
  4. architextual
  5. architextualities
  6. architextuality
  7. architextually
  8. architextural
  9. architexture
  10. architextures
  11. architomy

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