Atextual
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Atextual is an adjective meaning Not textual; not derived from written works.
Meaning
Not textual; not derived from written works.
More Meanings
- (law) Of an interpretation of a statute or similar governing provision, derived from something other than the text of the provision.
Example Sentences
What Marx attacks are the atextual theses that history is made up of free events and that history is guided by superior individuals.
Neither party to the present case challenges the atextual extension of the habeas statute to United States citizens held beyond the territorial jurisdictions of the United States courts.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include untextual, untextualized, nonwritten, nonhypertextual, nonscriptural, antitextual.
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