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 narrative

Translations

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 sự

Etymology

From meta + narrative

See also

metafiction

Is Metanarrative a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
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Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
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Words with Friends
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The word Metanarrative is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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