Definitions For Metanarrative
Noun
METANARRATIVE (plural METANARRATIVEs) (critical theory) A narrative which concerns narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge and offers legitimation of such through the anticipated completion of some master idea; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.Synonyms
narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge grand narrativeTranslations
Catalan: metanarrativa, consciència popular, realitat col·lectiva French: métarécit German: meistererzählung, metanarrativ Italian: metanarrazione, f Portuguese: metanarrativa, f Spanish: metanarrativa, metarrelato, macrorrelato, grandes narrativas, m-p, grandes relatos, m Vietnamese: siêu tự sự, đại tự sựEtymology
From meta + narrativeSee also
metafictionIs Metanarrative a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
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Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
21
The word Metanarrative is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends
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