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subliterature

subliterature noun: inferior literature, such as pulp fiction.

Noun

subliterature (countable and uncountable, plural subliteratures)

  1. (uncountable) Inferior literature, such as pulp fiction.
    • horror subliterature
  2. A defined portion of an academic literature.
    • a review of various subliteratures in the field

Forms of subliterature

pluralsubliteratures

Origin of subliterature

From sub- + literature.

Questions about subliterature

What does subliterature mean?
Subliterature means inferior literature, such as pulp fiction.
What part of speech is subliterature?
Subliterature is a noun.
What is the plural of subliterature?
The plural of subliterature is subliteratures.

Words near subliterature in the dictionary

  1. subliteracy
  2. subliterary
  3. subliterate
  4. subliterately
  5. subliterates
  6. subliterature
  7. subliteratures
  8. sublitharenite
  9. sublitharenitic
  10. sublithistids
  11. sublithospheric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subliterature (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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