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homodiegetic

homodiegetic adjective: of or relating to the narrator of a dramatic work who is also the protagonist or other character in the work.

Adjective

homodiegetic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the narrator of a dramatic work who is also the protagonist or other character in the work.
    • The second part of the novella, including chapters 13-15, is more personal and reflective. Here, our apparently heterodiegetic narrator reveals himself to be homodiegetic: to be Tanner's sidekick BB Trane, previously referred to in the third person.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 185

Antonyms of homodiegetic

Origin of homodiegetic

From homo- + diegetic.

Words formed from homodiegetic

Questions about homodiegetic

What does homodiegetic mean?
Homodiegetic means of or relating to the narrator of a dramatic work who is also the protagonist or other character in the work.
What part of speech is homodiegetic?
Homodiegetic is an adjective.

Words near homodiegetic in the dictionary

  1. homodeletion
  2. homodeletions
  3. homodermic
  4. homodesmotic
  5. homodetic
  6. homodiegetic
  7. homodiegetically
  8. homodifunctionalized
  9. homodigital
  10. homodihydrocapsaicin
  11. homodimer

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