metanarrative

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Synonyms: meta-narrative, metanarratives

Antonyms: meta-narrative, metanarratives

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Noun

1. A [[narrative]] which concerns narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge and offers [[legitimation]] of such through the anticipated completion of some master idea; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.

Adjective

1. Of or relating to a [[metanarrative#Noun|metanarrative]].

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