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exophony

exophony noun: the quality of being exophonic.

Noun

exophony (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being exophonic.
    • The translingual/transnational writers described here can be called specular border writers, to use Abdul JanMohamed's term, or writers of exophony, to use Tawada's term.2021, Steven G. Kellman, Natasha Lvovich, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism, Routledge, →ISBN, page 341

Origin of exophony

From exo- + -phony.

Questions about exophony

What does exophony mean?
Exophony means the quality of being exophonic.
What part of speech is exophony?
Exophony is a noun.

Words near exophony in the dictionary

  1. exophenotypes
  2. exophilic
  3. exophily
  4. exophobic
  5. exophonic
  6. exophony
  7. exophora
  8. exophoras
  9. exophoria
  10. exophorias
  11. exophoric

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