ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Metafictional

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Metafictional is an adjective meaning Of, relating to, or being metafiction.

Meaning

Of, relating to, or being metafiction.

Example Sentences

Full of sly jokes, riddles and metafictional high-jinks, his work had the voltage of a thriller (offering a rare voice of disapproval, the New Yorker critic James Wood accused his works of pedalling a “B-movie atmosphere”).

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include metacontextual, metatextual, metastructural, metafunctional, metaethical, meta-ethical.

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