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metafiction
[ met-uh-fik-shuhn ]
noun
- fiction that discusses, describes, or analyzes a work of fiction or the conventions of fiction.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of metafiction1
First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences
The novel might be a metafiction in the style of John Barth, who has also in his eighties been influenced by cognitive science.
From The Daily Beast
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