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compunovel

compunovel noun: a form of hyperfiction or interactive fiction intended to be the computerized equivalent of a traditional novel.

Noun

compunovel (plural compunovels)

  1. A form of hyperfiction or interactive fiction intended to be the computerized equivalent of a traditional novel.
    • The most extreme example I can think of in art is, perhaps, “interactive fiction” or computerized, participatory “compunovels.”2003, Linda Hutcheon, A Poetics of Postmodernism: History, Theory, Fiction, page 77
    • […] it privileges philosophically oriented theory, disregarding popular forms such as, in the present case, anonymous and collective modes of authorship typical of TV, cinema, advertising, street ballads, and compunovels.2014, Vincent Leitch, Theory Matters, page 37

Forms of compunovel

pluralcompunovels

Questions about compunovel

What does compunovel mean?
Compunovel means a form of hyperfiction or interactive fiction intended to be the computerized equivalent of a traditional novel.
What part of speech is compunovel?
Compunovel is a noun.
What is the plural of compunovel?
The plural of compunovel is compunovels.

Words near compunovel in the dictionary

  1. compunctis
  2. compunctive
  3. compunctuous
  4. compunication
  5. compunications
  6. compunovel
  7. compunovels
  8. compuper
  9. compupers
  10. compurgate
  11. compurgated

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