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Meaning of "intertext" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INTERTEXT

ˈɪntəˌtɛkst


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERTEXT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intertext is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTERTEXT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Subtext

Subtext or undertone is content of a book, play, musical work, film, video game, or television series which is not announced explicitly by the characters but is implicit or becomes something understood by the observer of the work as the production unfolds. Subtext can also refer to the thoughts and motives of the characters which are only covered in an aside. Subtext can also be used to imply controversial subjects without specifically alienating people from the fiction, often through use of metaphor. Subtext is content underneath the spoken dialogue. Under dialogue, there can be conflict, anger, competition, pride, showing off, or other implicit ideas and emotions. Subtext is the unspoken thoughts and motives of characters—what they really think and believe. Especially in light of their inherently ambiguous and self-referential character, many authors have explicitly used subtexts in humor. Subtext is also a frequently used method of subtly inserting social or political commentary into fiction.

Definition of intertext in the English dictionary

The definition of intertext in the dictionary is a literary text that is related to one or more other texts, especially through the use of allusions to these texts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTERTEXT

ciphertext · context · Euronext · hypertext · inflexed · martext · next · oversexed · perplexed · pretext · sexed · sext · subtext · teletext · text · undersexed · unsexed · Urtext · vexed · videotext

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERTEXT

intertangle · intertanglement · intertarsal · intertentacular · interterm · interterminal · intertextual · intertextuality · intertextually · intertexture · intertidal · intertidally · intertie · intertill · intertillage · intertissued · intertraffic · intertrial · intertribal · intertrigo

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERTEXT

betwixt · church text · ext · fixt · greeked text · high-context · low-context · opaque context · plain text · sex-text · spintext · transfixt · transparent context

Synonyms and antonyms of intertext in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «intertext» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERTEXT

Find out the translation of intertext to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of intertext from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intertext» in English.
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互文
1,325 millions of speakers
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intertexto
570 millions of speakers
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intertext
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intertext
380 millions of speakers
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intertext
280 millions of speakers
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интертекст
278 millions of speakers
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intertexto
270 millions of speakers
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intertext
260 millions of speakers
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intertexte
220 millions of speakers
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Interteks
190 millions of speakers
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Intertext
180 millions of speakers
ja

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インターテキスト
130 millions of speakers
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intertext
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Interteks
85 millions of speakers
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intertext
80 millions of speakers
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intertext
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संवाद
75 millions of speakers
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Metinlerarası
70 millions of speakers
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intertesto
65 millions of speakers
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Intertext
50 millions of speakers
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інтертекст
40 millions of speakers
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intertext
30 millions of speakers
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INTERTEXT
15 millions of speakers
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interteks
14 millions of speakers
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intertext
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Intertext
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Trends of use of intertext

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERTEXT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of intertext
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intertext

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERTEXT»

Discover the use of intertext in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intertext and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Allusion and Intertext: Dynamics of Appropriation in Roman ...
This 1998 book represents an attempt to find (or recover) some space for the study of allusion - as a project of continuing vitality - within an excitingly enlarged universe of intertexts.
‎1998
2
Narrative, Intertext, and Space in Euripides' "Phoenissae"
This book applies the basic principles of narratology to an ancient Greek tragedy, namely Euripides’ Phoenissae.
Anna A. Lamari, 2010
3
Early Stevens: The Nietzschean Intertext
Early Stevens also considers such issues as Stevens' perspectivism, his aphoristic style, the Nietzschean epistemology of his poems of order, and the implications of notions of art, untruth, fiction, and interpretation in both Stevens and ...
Bobby Joe Leggett, 1992
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Reading the Allegorical Intertext: Chaucer, Spenser, ...
Anderson's book, the result of decades of teaching and writing about allegory, especially Spenserian allegory, will reorient thinking about fundamental critical issues and the landmark texts in which they play themselves out.
Judith Anderson, 2009
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Heroic Tropes: Gender and Intertext
of Bourignon and Guyon, the correspondence of Abelard and Heloise, the letters of Sevigne to her daughter, and the autobiographical works of Rousseau and Sand, Daly traces recurring patterns of narrative innovation that seem convincingly ...
Pierrette Daly, 1993
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Curriculum intertext: place, language, pedagogy
This book articulates the needs of graduate students and instructors in curriculum courses to gain a better understanding of current thinking and research regarding place, language, and pedagogy.
Erika Hasebe-Ludt, Wanda Hurren, 2003
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Text and Intertext in Medieval Arthurian Literature
Translations are provided for excerpts from the original Latin, Old French, Middle Dutch, Italian, and Middle English. The 14 essays were presented at a 1993 conference in Bonn.
Norris J. Lacy, 2013
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Sartre's Nausea: Text, Context, Intertext
Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session
Alistair Charles Rolls, Elizabeth Rechniewski, 2005
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The Chekhovian Intertext: Dialogue With a Classic
The book highlights the intersection of three distinct concepts: cultural memory, cultural myth, and intertextuality.
Lyudmila Parts, 2008
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Intersexed, Intertext: A Critique of Limited Gender Identity ...
These texts vary greatly in historical significance, genre, and audience, but nevertheless suggest the same argument regarding the construction of identity. Ultimately, it is the self whose definition is of the greatest importance.
Allison Renee Andrew, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERTEXT»

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War, Motherhood and Dancing in 'Bravetown'
Platoon becomes Bravetown's intertext, framing the therapist's platitude, “You don't have to live the war to be at war.” In Tangled Memories ... «PopMatters, May 15»
2
Cuba's 2015 Book Fair is Nearing
Luis Alvarez' Fernando Perez: cine, ciudad e intertextos (“Fernando Perez: Cinema, City and Intertext”), a tribute to the 75-year-old director of ... «Havana Times, Feb 15»
3
How's the Mood-Board?
... defrayed, dispersed, and invited dialogism – the Complutensian Bible pages are an epic demonstration of this kind of columnar intertext and ... «The Fortnightly Review, Jul 14»
4
All About His Mothers: The Role of Mothers in the Films of Xavier …
It is not merely weird because the mother of the guy Francis is in love with is playfully flirting with him, but the intertext seems even odder given ... «Indie Wire, Jun 14»
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Bob Dylans Da Vinci Code Revealed
... theft has happened, but what's really important is the next step—to think about what effect the intertext in the song has on you as a listener.”. «Daily Beast, May 14»
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Review: Sister-Sister by Rachel Zadok
As one of the opening quotes suggests, Ben Okri's Booker-prize-winning The Famished Road (1991) is an important intertext to Sister-Sister. «Books LIVE, Mar 14»
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Chromeo Dish On 'White Women' & Share 'Come Alive' BTS Video
I think the "Looking for Clues" intertext in "Sexy Socialite" is pretty obvious. We always listen to modern stuff as well. All the new R&B: Drake, ... «Huffington Post, Feb 14»
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Essay: On Reading 'Velvet Goldmine' as a Reaction To AIDS …
By the time I had finished picking this film apart and putting it back together, intertext after intertext, I had found myself strangely infatuated with it ... «Indie Wire, Jan 14»
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Syracuse Veterans' Writing Group holds retreat for budding writers
McShane has had his work published in The New York Times as well as "Intertext," a Syracuse University publication, and the "Warrior Wrtiers," ... «Syracuse.com, Oct 13»
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Dissident Gardens: An Interview with Jonathan Lethem
I've always been a bit suspicious of Burl Ives as an American folk singer, but you use his song about the gray goose as a refreshing intertext ... «Huffington Post, Oct 13»
REFERENCE
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