diegetic
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διηγητικός (diēgētikós). By surface analysis, diegesis + -etic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdaɪ.əˈdʒɛ.tɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
- Hyphenation: di‧e‧get‧ic
Adjective
diegetic (not comparable)
- (narratology) Of or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.
- Synonym: narrative
- Antonyms: nondiegetic, commentative
- Hyponyms: autodiegetic, extradiegetic, heterodiegetic, homodiegetic, hypodiegetic, infradiegetic, intradiegetic, metadiegetic
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Further reading
- diegetic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “diegetic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German diegetisch.
Adjective
diegetic m or n (feminine singular diegetică, masculine plural diegetici, feminine/neuter plural diegetice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | diegetic | diegetică | diegetici | diegetice | |||
| definite | diegeticul | diegetica | diegeticii | diegeticele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | diegetic | diegetice | diegetici | diegetice | |||
| definite | diegeticului | diegeticei | diegeticilor | diegeticelor | ||||
References
- diegetic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN