Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonnarrative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-nar-ra-tive
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not narrative in character or style

noun

That which is not a narrative.

Example Sentences

"The prime advantage of nonnarrative cinema is that it allows one to think, in contradistinction to the conveyor-belt strategies of story telling[…]."

Etymology

From non- + narrative.

Inflected Forms

nonnarratives (plural)

Questions

What does nonnarrative mean?: Not narrative in character or style
Where does nonnarrative come from?: From non- + narrative.

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