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encyclopedic fiction

encyclopedic fiction noun: fiction employing a variety of forms to explore its subject exhaustively.

Noun

encyclopedic fiction (uncountable)

  1. Fiction employing a variety of forms to explore its subject exhaustively.
    • While ostensibly a romantic novel, Moby Dick can also be viewed as encyclopedic fiction.

Questions about encyclopedic fiction

What does encyclopedic fiction mean?
Encyclopedic fiction means fiction employing a variety of forms to explore its subject exhaustively.
What part of speech is encyclopedic fiction?
Encyclopedic fiction is a noun.

Words near encyclopedic fiction in the dictionary

  1. encyclopediasts
  2. encyclopediatic
  3. encyclopedic
  4. encyclopedic dictionaries
  5. encyclopedic dictionary
  6. encyclopedic fiction
  7. encyclopedical
  8. encyclopedically
  9. encyclopedicity
  10. encyclopedies
  11. encyclopedism

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