diegetic
Syllables: di·e·get·ic/ˌdaɪ.əˈdʒɛ.tɪk/
diegetic adjective: of or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.
Adjective
diegetic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.
- diegetic music
- Camille is the hyperactive DJ of her own life, queuing up tunes on her cracked iPhone when on drives, in bed, and in the bath. Her stepdad plays piano, and the town’s social life revolves around a karaoke bar. Almost always, the soundtrack is diegetic: Viewers hear the same thing as the characters...2018 July 23, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Music of 'Sharp Objects' Contains a Chilling Message”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2018
- Synonyms:
- narrative
- Antonyms:
- nondiegetic, commentative
diegetic meaning in Tamil
diegetic in Tamil
- கதைச் சூழல்
Synonyms of diegetic
Antonyms
Forms of diegetic
| alternative misspelling | diagetic |
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Origin of diegetic
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διηγητικός (diēgētikós). By surface analysis, diegesis + -etic.
Words formed from diegetic
Words that rhyme with diegetic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
Questions about diegetic
- What does diegetic mean?
- Diegetic means of or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.
- What is diegetic in Tamil?
- Diegetic in Tamil is கதைச் சூழல். See Diegetic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is diegetic?
- Diegetic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce diegetic?
- Diegetic is pronounced /ˌdaɪ.əˈdʒɛ.tɪk/.
Words near diegetic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: diegetic (page history and authors); diegetic (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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