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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

subliterature en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin littera Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin litterātūrader. Old French littératurebor. Middle English literature English literature English subliterature From sub- + literature.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Inferior literature, such as pulp fiction.
    • horror subliterature
  2. (countable, uncountable) A defined portion of an academic literature.
    • a review of various subliteratures in the field

Forms

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Relateds

subliterary · subliterate