metatext

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ text.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛtətɛkst/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

metatext (countable and uncountable, plural metatexts)

  1. Text that describes or discusses text.
    • 2017 May 16, Jerry Stuger, “Kafka and Autism. The Undisclosed Logic Behind Kafka’s Work”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 47, →DOI, pages 2336–2347:
      In sum the present autism hypothesis provides for a context and metatext in which the parable ‘Before the Law’ can be set and reveals its deeper meaning and in fact discloses the secret of Franz Kafka as a person and the logic behind his work.
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