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paraliterature

paraliterature noun: literature not thought of as literary, usually including comics, most genre fiction (such as fantasy and sci-fi), and pulp fiction.

Noun

paraliterature (uncountable)

  1. Literature not thought of as literary, usually including comics, most genre fiction (such as fantasy and sci-fi), and pulp fiction.

Origin of paraliterature

From para- + literature.

Questions about paraliterature

What does paraliterature mean?
Paraliterature means literature not thought of as literary, usually including comics, most genre fiction (such as fantasy and sci-fi), and pulp fiction.
What part of speech is paraliterature?
Paraliterature is a noun.

Words near paraliterature in the dictionary

  1. paralipomenon
  2. paralipses
  3. paralipsis
  4. paraliptic
  5. paralist
  6. paraliterature
  7. paralithic
  8. paraliturgical
  9. parallactic
  10. parallactical
  11. parallactically

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