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antitextual en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + textual.

Meanings

1. Opposing a text or textual conventions.
   • The advent of Zen to a large extent functions as an antistructural, antitextual movement[…] 1994, Steven Heine, Dōgen and the Kōan tradition, page 177:
   • Jane Harrison was perceived by angry classicists, those strict formalists of her day who worshiped the text, as antitextual. Her major works were written in the vivid, colloquial style of women's conversation, punctuated with jokes[…] 1988, Shari Benstock, The private self, page 140:

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Translations (1)

pt antitextual (opposing textual conventions)