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tempics

tempics noun: a method of reading narratives in terms of time and the current instant.

Noun

tempics (uncountable)

  1. A method of reading narratives in terms of time and the current instant.

Origin of tempics

Coined by Gary Saul Morson in the 1990s, perhaps from temporal and poetics.

Questions about tempics

What does tempics mean?
Tempics means a method of reading narratives in terms of time and the current instant.
What part of speech is tempics?
Tempics is a noun.

Words near tempics in the dictionary

  1. tempestuously
  2. tempestuousness
  3. tempesty
  4. tempi
  5. TEMPI syndrome
  6. tempics
  7. Tempie
  8. tempietto
  9. tempiettos
  10. temping
  11. templa

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