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nonnarrative

nonnarrative adjective: not narrative in character or style.

Adjective

nonnarrative (not comparable)

  1. Not narrative in character or style
    • The prime advantage of nonnarrative cinema is that it allows one to think, in contradistinction to the conveyor-belt strategies of story telling[…].1988 January 8, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “10 From '87”, in Chicago Reader

Noun

nonnarrative (plural nonnarratives)

  1. That which is not a narrative.

Forms of nonnarrative

pluralnonnarratives

Origin of nonnarrative

From non- + narrative.

Questions about nonnarrative

What does nonnarrative mean?
Nonnarrative means not narrative in character or style.
What part of speech is nonnarrative?
Nonnarrative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonnarrative in the dictionary

  1. nonnarcissist
  2. nonnarcissistic
  3. nonnarcissists
  4. nonnarcotic
  5. nonnarcotics
  6. nonnarrative
  7. nonnarratives
  8. nonnas
  9. nonnasal
  10. nonnasals
  11. nonnasopharyngeal

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