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Etymology edit

para- +‎ text

Noun edit

paratext (countable and uncountable, plural paratexts)

  1. (literary) In literary theory, meanings that are alluded to, above or beyond the printed text; interpretations of text.
  2. All of the notes and explanations that make a text more understandable.

References edit

  • Gérard Genette, Paratext: Thresholds of interpretation