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intradiegetic

intradiegetic adjective: part of the narrative.

Adjective

intradiegetic (comparative more intradiegetic, superlative most intradiegetic)

  1. Part of the narrative.
    • One of the most famous examples of an intradiegetic narrator is Scherezade, the narrator of the tales in Arabian Nights (1954), who does belong in the general narrative frame despite that not involving her own but other people's stories.2010, Nina Nørgaard, Beatrix Busse, & Rocío Montoro, Key Terms in Stylistics, Continuum, published 2010, →ISBN, page 125
    • Intradiegetic music continues to be used to very stirring effect throughout the film, especially a solo performance of the sixties folk hymn “Five Hundred Miles” sung by Croxen's daughter, […]2011, Thomas Waugh, The Right to Play Oneself: Looking Back on Documentary Film, University of Minnesota Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 169

Synonyms of intradiegetic

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Forms of intradiegetic

comparativemore intradiegetic
superlativemost intradiegetic

Origin of intradiegetic

From intra- + diegetic.

Questions about intradiegetic

What does intradiegetic mean?
Intradiegetic means part of the narrative.
What part of speech is intradiegetic?
Intradiegetic is an adjective.

Words near intradiegetic in the dictionary

  1. intradiagnostic
  2. intradialect
  3. intradialectal
  4. intradialectally
  5. intradialytic
  6. intradiegetic
  7. intradimensional
  8. intradimensionally
  9. intradimer
  10. intradimeric
  11. intradiol

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