Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diegesis

/ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: die-ge-sis
IPA: /ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A narration or recitation.

Example Sentences

"A novel like Sterne′s Tristram Shandy, however, simply embeds a number of different diegeses on the play-within-a-play model."
"The standard distinction between mimesis and diegesis is usually referred to as that between showing and telling, between iconic and indexical signs on the one hand and symbolic signs on the other, between drama and recitation."
"Extradiegetic music is a matter of pure convention. It constitutes an exception within Hollywood classical cinema, in which everything is to belong to diegesis in order to elaborate a fictive, realistic universe."

Etymology

Ancient Greek διήγησις (diḗgēsis, “narration”), from διηγέομαι (diēgéomai, “I narrate”)

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/
British English: /ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/

Inflected Forms

diegeses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

diegetic mimesis

Rhymes With

thesis csis mimesis kinesis cytokinesis diuresis arthrodesis diaphoresis pleurodesis schesis tmesis cryokinesis

Questions

How do you pronounce diegesis?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/.
What does diegesis mean?: A narration or recitation.
Where does diegesis come from?: Ancient Greek διήγησις (diḗgēsis, “narration”), from διηγέομαι (diēgéomai, “I narrate”)

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