Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extradiegetic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tradieget-ic
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

External to the narrative.

Example Sentences

"This voice-over functions very differently from the extradiegetic narrator of the radio soap opera however, who tended to impose ideological coherence on the text, as well as serve as spokesman for the products being sold."
"However, in this sequence Colleen's actions alone do not make her horrific. Rather, the extradiegetic music condemns her."
"Instead, an extradiegetic narrator renders detached testimony of the hero's traumatic story in the Thatcher era."

Etymology

From extra- + diegetic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: extra

Inflected Forms

more extradiegetic (comparative) most extradiegetic (superlative)

Synonyms

Doylist out-of-universe

Antonyms

intradiegetic Watsonian in-universe

Questions

What does extradiegetic mean?: External to the narrative.
Where does extradiegetic come from?: From extra- + diegetic.

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