English Explanatory Dictionary

antiliterature

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Written works that deliberately avoid the typical conventions of literature, such as antinovels, antiplays and antipoems.

Word forms

antiliterature

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Latin littera Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin litterātūrader. Old French littératurebor. Middle English literature English literature English antiliterature From anti- + literature.

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