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auteurial

auteurial adjective: of, or related to an auteur.

Adjective

auteurial (not comparable)

  1. Of, or related to an auteur.
    • It also involves an analysis of the ways in which he has incorporated his own biographical detail into this paratextual input in order to create and maintain an auteurial mythology […]2014, Keith McDonald, Roger Clark, Guillermo del Toro: Film as Alchemic Art

Origin of auteurial

From auteur + -ial.

Questions about auteurial

What does auteurial mean?
Auteurial means of, or related to an auteur.
What part of speech is auteurial?
Auteurial is an adjective.

Words near auteurial in the dictionary

  1. autetaranga
  2. Auteuil
  3. auteur
  4. auteur theory
  5. auteured
  6. auteurial
  7. auteuring
  8. auteurism
  9. auteurist
  10. auteuristic
  11. auteurists

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