Bookception

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A work of fiction (especially a novel) featuring a frame story or metanarrative structure. slang

    "“The Words” offers too many “stories,” and this “bookception” fails to offer a seamless serious drama."

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"“The Words” offers too many “stories,” and this “bookception” fails to offer a seamless serious drama."

Etymology

From book + -ception.

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