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English[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From Latin literatura or litteratura.
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
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Noun[edit | edit source]
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Literature ({{{1}}})
- The body of all written works.
- The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
- All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
- Written fiction of a high standard.
- SF is rarely literature because the characters are so poorly realised. - Adam Cadre
Meronyms[edit | edit source]
- See also Wikisaurus:literature
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Translations[edit | edit source]
body of all written works
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