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meta-textual

meta-textual is the alternative spelling of metatextual.

Meaning of metatextual

Adjective

metatextual (comparative more metatextual, superlative most metatextual)

  1. Constituting self-referential text (text about the text); for example, as mentioned earlier herein.
  2. Of or pertaining to metatextuality.
    • Still, the meta-textual cleverness of the whole affair takes a little while to settle into, partly because the early storylines feel so routine.2016 October 2, David Sims, “Westworld Is a Grand Saga of Gunslingers and Robots”, in The Atlantic

Forms of meta-textual

comparativemore meta-textual
superlativemost meta-textual

Questions about meta-textual

What is meta-textual the alternative spelling of?
Meta-textual is the alternative spelling of metatextual.

Words near meta-textual in the dictionary

  1. meta-ness
  2. meta-ophiolite
  3. meta-progression
  4. meta-system
  5. meta-systems
  6. meta-textual
  7. meta-time
  8. meta-times
  9. meta-tool
  10. meta-tools
  11. meta-universe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: meta-textual (page history and authors); metatextual (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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