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out of universe

out of universe is the alternative form of out-of-universe.

Meaning of out-of-universe

Adjective

out-of-universe (not comparable)

  1. Referring to a perspective or view from the real world, in contrast to a perspective from within the fictional world.
    • An out-of-universe explanation for Dr. Watson's wife calling him James in one story is that Doyle forgot his given name had already been established as John.

Questions about out of universe

What is out of universe the alternative form of?
Out of universe is the alternative form of out-of-universe.

Words near out of universe in the dictionary

  1. out of touch
  2. out of town
  3. out of true
  4. out of tune
  5. out of turn
  6. out of universe
  7. out of use
  8. out of view
  9. out of wack
  10. out of wedlock
  11. out of whack

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Adapted from Wiktionary: out of universe (page history and authors); out-of-universe (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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