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extradiegetic

extradiegetic adjective: external to the narrative.

Adjective

extradiegetic (comparative more extradiegetic, superlative most extradiegetic)

  1. External to the narrative.
    • This voice-over functions very differently from the extradiegetic narrator of the radio soap opera however, who tended to impose ideological coherence on the text, as well as serve as spokesman for the products being sold.2011, Harry M. Benshoff, Dark Shadows, Wayne State University Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 38
    • However, in this sequence Colleen's actions alone do not make her horrific. Rather, the extradiegetic music condemns her.2011, Alison Peirse, “Horrible Women: Abjection, Gender and Ageing in Nip/Tuck”, in Roz Kaveney, Jennifer Stoy, editors, Nip/Tuck: Television That Gets Under Your Skin, I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, →ISBN...

Synonyms of extradiegetic

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Forms of extradiegetic

comparativemore extradiegetic
superlativemost extradiegetic

Origin of extradiegetic

From extra- + diegetic.

Questions about extradiegetic

What does extradiegetic mean?
Extradiegetic means external to the narrative.
What part of speech is extradiegetic?
Extradiegetic is an adjective.

Words near extradiegetic in the dictionary

  1. extradermal
  2. extradesmosomal
  3. extradialectal
  4. extradiaphragmatic
  5. extradict
  6. extradiegetic
  7. extradigestive
  8. extradigital
  9. extradimensional
  10. extradiol
  11. extradiscal

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