antiromance en · NOUN
Etymology
From anti- + romance.
Meanings
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A novel or other work that rejects the conventions of the romance form.
Congreve articulates here for the English a distinction already implicit in such antiromances as Don Quixote (1605), Charles Sorel's Berger extravagant (1627-28), or Paul Scarron's novels[…]
1990, Julie Stone Peters, Congreve, the Drama, and the Printed Word, page 114:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| antiromances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |