literature
Meaning of literature
noun
- The body of all written works.
- The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture.
- (usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
- Written fiction of a high standard.
However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature, because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories. —Adam Cadre, 2008
Information about literature
- It is a name.
- The plural form of literature is: literatures.
- Languages in which literature is used:
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Hyphenation of literature
lit-er-a-ture
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- literature is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
literature synonyms
Meaning lit:
Translation of literature
- German: Literatur
- Spanish: literatura
- French: littérature
- Italian: letteratura
- Portuguese: literatura
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