Pseudonarrative

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Apparently, but not actually, narrative.

    "If, like the many slavish devotees of “Planet Earth” and the even earlier “Blue Planet,” you are susceptible to the narcotizing effect of gorgeous landscape photography and the pseudonarrative pull of cleverly edited animal behavior, then why resist?"

Example

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"If, like the many slavish devotees of “Planet Earth” and the even earlier “Blue Planet,” you are susceptible to the narcotizing effect of gorgeous landscape photography and the pseudonarrative pull of cleverly edited animal behavior, then why resist?"

Etymology

From pseudo- + narrative.

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