extradiegetic

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extradiegetic

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From extra- + diegetic.

adjective more extradiegetic · most extradiegetic

  1. External to the narrative. This voice-over functions very differently from the extradiegetic narrator of the radio soap opera however, who tended to impose ideological coherence on the text, as well as serve as spokesman for the products being sold.

    Similar: Doylist, out-of-universe · Opposite: intradiegetic, Watsonian, in-universe

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Españolextradiegético
Françaisextradiégétique
Deutschextradiegetisch

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@misc{extradiegetic_2026,
  title = {extradiegetic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/extradiegetic},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}