metastory
metastory noun: an overarching story having other stories embedded within it.
Noun
metastory (plural metastories)
- An overarching story having other stories embedded within it.
- Once analytic units have been identified, the researcher will often combine the narratives of individual participants into a metastory.2006, Frederick T. L. Leong, James T. Austin, The Psychology Research Handbook
- A game like chess, for example, may not really have a well-scripted narrative but its structure is certainly informed by a metastory of two armies (black and white, with varying significances) engaged in strategic battle.2015, Souvik Mukherjee, Video Games and Storytelling: Reading Games and Playing Books
- A story about stories themselves.
Forms of metastory
| plural | metastories |
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Origin of metastory
From meta- + story.
Questions about metastory
- What does metastory mean?
- Metastory means an overarching story having other stories embedded within it.
- What part of speech is metastory?
- Metastory is a noun.
- What is the plural of metastory?
- The plural of metastory is metastories.
Words near metastory in the dictionary
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