diegetic

English

Alternative forms

• diagetic (misspelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διηγητικός (diēgētikós). By surface analysis, diegesis +‎ -etic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪ.əˈdʒɛ.tɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
• Hyphenation: di‧e‧get‧ic

Adjective

diegetic (not comparable)

1. (narratology) Of or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.

   Synonym: narrative

   Antonyms: nondiegetic, commentative

   Hyponyms: autodiegetic, extradiegetic, heterodiegetic, homodiegetic, hypodiegetic, infradiegetic, intradiegetic, metadiegetic

   diegetic music

   • 2018 July 23, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Music of 'Sharp Objects' Contains a Chilling Message”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 August 2018:

     Camille is the hyperactive DJ of her own life, queuing up tunes on her cracked iPhone when on drives, in bed, and in the bath. Her stepdad plays piano, and the town’s social life revolves around a karaoke bar. Almost always, the soundtrack is diegetic: Viewers hear the same thing as the characters do.

Derived terms

• autodiegetic
• extradiegetic
• heterodiegetic
• homodiegetic
• hypodiegetic
• infradiegetic
• intradiegetic
• metadiegetic
• multidiegetic
• nondiegetic, non-diegetic
• polydiegetic

Related terms

• diegesis

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: diegètic
• Czech: diegetický (cs)
• Finnish: diegeettinen (fi)
• French: diégétique (fr)
• German: diegetisch (de)
• Irish: insinte
• Italian: diegetico (it)
• Occitan: diegetic
• Polish: diegetyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: diegético (pt)
• Spanish: diegético
• Turkish: öyküsel

Further reading

• diegetic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “diegetic”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German diegetisch.

Adjective

diegetic m or n (feminine singular diegetică, masculine plural diegetici, feminine/neuter plural diegetice)

1. (narratology) diegetic

Declension

Declension of diegetic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	diegetic		diegetică	diegetici	diegetice
	definite	diegeticul		diegetica	diegeticii	diegeticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	diegetic		diegetice	diegetici	diegetice
	definite	diegeticului		diegeticei	diegeticilor	diegeticelor

References

• diegetic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN