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hypotexts

hypotexts is the plural of hypotext.

Meaning of hypotext

Noun

hypotext (plural hypotexts)

  1. An earlier text which serves as the source of a subsequent piece of literature.
    • Such a practice (which is autosonic, by the way) could be viewed as a “mega-editing” process; but I would like to draw a distinction between plunderphonics and edited versions, because the former clearly aim to denature the hypotext.2007, Allan F. Moore, Critical Essays in Popular Musicology, Routledge

Questions about hypotexts

What is hypotexts the plural of?
Hypotexts is the plural of hypotext.

Words near hypotexts in the dictionary

  1. hypotestosteronaemia
  2. hypotestosteronemia
  3. hypotestosteronemic
  4. hypotetraploid
  5. hypotext
  6. hypotexts
  7. hypoth
  8. hypothalamectomies
  9. hypothalamectomy
  10. hypothalami
  11. hypothalamic

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