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metareferences

metareferences is the plural of metareference.

Meaning of metareference

Noun

metareference (countable and uncountable, plural metareferences)

  1. A technique in metafiction whereby a character displays awareness of being part of a dramatic work.
    • The poem's second line, for example, concludes with the lament "but my nerves. Lord these pensive endings." The latter can be read as a play on words, as in "nerve endings"; as a metareference to the end of that particular line; or even against the very end of the poem itself: "the darkness now...2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 150

Questions about metareferences

What is metareferences the plural of?
Metareferences is the plural of metareference.

Words near metareferences in the dictionary

  1. metarealist
  2. metarealistic
  3. metarealists
  4. metareasoning
  5. metareference
  6. metareferences
  7. metareferential
  8. metareferentially
  9. metareflection
  10. metareflective
  11. metareflectively

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