metafictional

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ fictional.

Adjective

metafictional (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or being metafiction.
   • 2024 May 1, Lisa Allardice, “Brooklyn’s bard: Paul Auster’s tricksy fiction captivated a generation”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Full of sly jokes, riddles and metafictional high-jinks, his work had the voltage of a thriller (offering a rare voice of disapproval, the New Yorker critic James Wood accused his works of pedalling a “B-movie atmosphere”).

Translations

of, relating to, or being metafiction

• Catalan: metaficcional m or f
• German: metafiktional
• Greek: μεταμυθοπλαστικός (el) (metamythoplastikós)
• Romanian: metaficțional