n
(rhetoric) A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
adj
Resembling, characteristic, or full of anecdotes.
adj
Of or pertaining to annals.
n
(nonce word, derogatory) A dealer in aphorisms.
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A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
n
(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm [A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.]
adj
Relating to a commentary.
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation
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A form of literary criticism that analyzes the context of the text.
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An image or metaphor that runs throughout and determines the form or nature of a literary work.
n
The examination and critique of society and literature, drawing from knowledge across social science and the humanities.
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A technique of literary analysis that disregards authorial intent, focusing only on the text.
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(philosophy, literature) A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that emphasizes inquiry into the variable projection of the meaning and message of critical works, the meaning in relation to the reader and the intended audience, and the assumptions implicit in the embodied forms of expression.
n
The belief in, or application of, deconstruction (theory of textual criticism).
adj
Of a descriptivist; of or relating to descriptivism.
n
Alternative form of dialecticism (“dialectism”) [The quality of being dialectic.]
adj
Of or relating to diegesis.
adj
(textual criticism) Related to the edition of a work.
n
Alternative form of eidolopoeia [(rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a speech is attributed to a deceased person, a phantom, an image or an idol.]
n
An interpretation, especially of Scripture, that reflects the personal ideas or viewpoint of the interpreter; reading something into a text that is not there.
n
A person who places meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself.
n
One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the mastery of stylistic elements.
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(comics) Unrealistic pictorial elements emanating from a character, symbolizing something about that character, such as a sweatdrop for anxiety or a question mark for confusion, or emanating from an object, such as heat rays from the sun.
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One who keeps an ephemeris; a diarist.
n
An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.
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Alternative form of epiphonema [(rhetoric) An exclamation or reflection used to summarise or round off an argument or discourse.]
n
An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
n
One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.
adj
Characteristic of, or proper to, an essayist
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(rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct.
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An instance of euphuism.
n
A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.
n
A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter of texts, signs, the words of an oracle, and similar obscure or esoteric sources.
n
A postmodern, anthropological style of writing that combines and bends elements of anthropology, gonzo journalism, fiction, and literary criticism.
adj
(art) representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
n
A misunderstanding of the etymology of a word based on an inexpert analysis; an etymology that incorrectly explains the origin of a word based on the inadequate judgement of a common speaker of the language instead of etymological expertise.
v
(transitive) To explain the etymology of a word as folk etymology.
n
A language that is not widely or officially spoken in a particular place.
n
(derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
n
Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
n
(rhetoric) Excessive use of expressions derived from Hebrew.
adj
That explains, interprets, illustrates or elucidates.
n
A framework for the interpretation of a text which considers historical, linguistic, cultural, environmental, and individualistic contexts.
adj
(hermeneutics, textual analysis) Pertaining to, using or based on the textual analysis technique of seeking to establish the meanings of words at the time the text was written.
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Alternative form of eidolopoeia [(rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a speech is attributed to a deceased person, a phantom, an image or an idol.]
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The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
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Alternative form of Italicism [A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language.]
n
(rare) One who uses words pretentiously.
adj
(theology) (broadly) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given scripture is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it; (specifically) following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation
adj
(broadly) Of or pertaining to literalism or literalists.
n
Obsolete form of logician. [A person who studies or teaches logic.]
n
Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
n
One who disputes the meanings of words.
n
(philosophy) The study of memes and their social and cultural effects.
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One who employs metaphors.
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One who makes metaphors.
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Alternative form of mnemonist [Someone able to perform feats of memory, especially by utilizing mnemonic techniques.]
adj
Of or pertaining to narratology.
n
One who writes obituaries
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(historical, religion) A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence.
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A collector or coiner of phrases.
adj
Alternative form of prosaic [Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.]
adj
Characteristic of a protagonist.
n
A word in a language other than English that has an English appearance but is not current in English itself. This may be, for example, because the word was borrowed from a neologism that never entered English common use, or because it was independently derived from an English word, or because it was deliberately coined to resemble English.
n
A rhapsodic style or mood.
n
Obsolete form of rhetoric. [The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.]
n
A slang word or expression; a colloquialism.
n
(grammar) Error in the use of language.
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A logician who produces syllogisms.
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One who makes tautologies.
n
(law) A formalist legal theory that interprets based on the ordinary meaning of the legal text.
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(rhetoric) The presentation of something as a marvel rather than in a neutrally descriptive way.
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(uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
n
(textual criticism and interpretation) Any one of the interpretations or readings of a given passage in a text which differ from copy to copy, from edition to edition, from manuscript to manuscript, or from translation to translation.
adj
(fandom slang, narratology) From an in-universe perspective; of or relating to an explanation within the text; internal to the narrative.
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