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intertextualities

intertextualities is the plural of intertextuality.

Meaning of intertextuality

Noun

intertextuality (countable and uncountable, plural intertextualities)

  1. The idea that a given text is a response to what has already been written, be it explicit or implicit.
    • When one studies the intertextuality of "Hamlet", one realises that William Shakespeare must have read thousands of books.
  2. The reference to another separate and distinct text within a text.

Questions about intertextualities

What is intertextualities the plural of?
Intertextualities is the plural of intertextuality.

Words near intertextualities in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intertextualities (page history and authors); intertextuality (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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