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intertextual

intertextual adjective: pertaining to intertextuality; being or involving the reference to one text in another.

Adjective

intertextual (comparative more intertextual, superlative most intertextual)

  1. Pertaining to intertextuality; being or involving the reference to one text in another.

Forms of intertextual

comparativemore intertextual
superlativemost intertextual

Origin of intertextual

From inter- + textual.

Words formed from intertextual

Questions about intertextual

What does intertextual mean?
Intertextual means pertaining to intertextuality; being or involving the reference to one text in another.
What part of speech is intertextual?
Intertextual is an adjective.

Words near intertextual in the dictionary

  1. intertexed
  2. intertexes
  3. intertexing
  4. intertext
  5. intertexts
  6. intertextual
  7. intertextualities
  8. intertextuality
  9. intertextualization
  10. intertextualizations
  11. intertextualize

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