metatextual

English

Alternative forms

• meta-textual

Etymology

meta- +‎ textual

Adjective

metatextual (comparative more metatextual, superlative most metatextual)

1. Constituting self-referential text (text about the text); for example, as mentioned earlier herein.
2. Of or pertaining to metatextuality.
   • 2016 October 2, David Sims, “Westworld Is a Grand Saga of Gunslingers and Robots”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Still, the meta-textual cleverness of the whole affair takes a little while to settle into, partly because the early storylines feel so routine.

   • 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club‎^[2], archived from the original on 5 March 2018:

     The metatextual tweak to the then-tired franchise was a creative shot in the arm, and though it didn’t set the box office on fire, it set the stage for Scream’s brilliant deconstruction of the genre.

Derived terms

• metatextually

Translations

of or pentaining to metatextuality

• Catalan: metatextual m or f
• German: metatextuell

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌmɛ.tə.təks.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˌmɛ.ta.teks.tuˈal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

metatextual m or f (masculine and feminine plural metatextuals)

1. metatextual