adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a metanarrative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
metanarrative
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
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History
Etymology
From meta- (“transcending; of a level above”) + narrative (“recitation of a story”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: metanarrativa — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Catalan: consciència popular — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Catalan: realitat col·lectiva — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Chinese Mandarin: 宏大敘事 /宏大叙事 (hóngdà xùshì) — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- French: métarécit — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- French: grand récit — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- German: meistererzählung — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- German: metanarrativ — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Italian: metanarrazione — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Portuguese: metanarrativa — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Spanish: metanarrativa — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Spanish: metarrelato — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Spanish: macrorrelato — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Spanish: grandes narrativas — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Spanish: grandes relatos — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Vietnamese: siêu tự sự — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge
- Vietnamese: đại tự sự — narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge