Xenoencyclopedia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /zɛnəɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Xenoencyclopedia is a noun meaning (science fiction, rare) An encyclopedia of science fiction.
Meaning
(science fiction, rare) An encyclopedia of science fiction.
Example Sentences
The competent reader gradually learns more and more about the genre's own grand-scale xenoencyclopedia in order to understand each new work's specific xenoencyclopedia.
The (xeno)encyclopedia of the (science fiction) reader In L'empire du pseudo, Richard Saint-Gelais applies Umberto Eco's textual cooperation theory to the science fiction genre. He proposes to call “xenoencyclopedia” all the cognitive .
They offer a supplement—or possibly a starting point—to the reader's “personal encyclopedia” (Eco 1985 [1979]) or, in this case, “xeno-encyclopedia” (Saint-Gelais 1999), which was constituted through previous Marvel readings and which these publications help to configure according to the publisher's.
Word Forms
- xenoencyclopedias
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include xenoengineering, xenochemistry, xenotech, xenotechnology, xenomicrobiology, xenocytology.
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