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urtext
noun urtexts · urtexte · ur-text · Ur-text
- A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement. Nearly coinciding with the publication of Thomas’s work was what, in many ways, stands as the ur-text of Turkish denialist “scholarship”: Esat Uras’s Tarihte Ermeniler ve Ermeni Meselesi. Uras, born Ahmed Essad, was an important figure in the CUP administration and was heavily involved in the planni
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The original version of a piece of music or text, often as created by the composer or writer.
The recensional variation found in some tractates suggests the possibility that at an early stage of the – oral (?) – transmission there was no urtext, or that passages not stemming from the urtext entered into the text at this time.
Similar: original, manuscript
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Talk about this word "urtext." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/urtext. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. urtext. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/urtext "urtext." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/urtext.
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@misc{urtext_2026,
title = {urtext},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/urtext},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
