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comp. lit.

comp. lit. is the abbreviation of comparative literature.

Meaning of comparative literature

Noun

comparative literature (countable and uncountable, plural comparative literatures)

  1. The academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, cultural and national boundaries.

Forms of comp. lit.

alternative formcomp lit
alternative formCompLit
alternative formcomplit

Questions about comp. lit.

What is comp. lit. the abbreviation of?
Comp. lit. is the abbreviation of comparative literature.

Words near comp. lit. in the dictionary

  1. comp stomp
  2. comp stomps
  3. comp time
  4. comp-het
  5. comp.
  6. comp. lit.
  7. comp.theorist
  8. comp.theorists
  9. COMPACFLT
  10. COMPACFLTs
  11. compacities

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: comp. lit. (page history and authors); comparative literature (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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