Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-insertion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: self--in-ser-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A literary device in which the author writes himself or herself into the story as a character.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From self- + insertion.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: self

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-insertions (plural)

Questions

What does self-insertion mean?: A literary device in which the author writes himself or herself into the story as a character.
Where does self-insertion come from?: From self- + insertion.

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