narrative
a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
a book, literary work, etc., containing such a story.
the art, technique, or process of narrating, or of telling a story: Somerset Maugham was a master of narrative.
a story that connects and explains a carefully selected set of supposedly true events, experiences, or the like, intended to support a particular viewpoint or thesis: to rewrite the prevailing narrative about masculinity; the narrative that our public schools are failing.
consisting of or being a narrative: a narrative poem.
of or relating to narration, or the telling of a story: My English teacher's narrative skill makes characters seem to come to life.
Fine Arts. representing stories or events pictorially or sculpturally: narrative painting.: Compare anecdotal (def. 2).
Origin of narrative
1synonym study For narrative
Other words for narrative
Other words from narrative
- nar·ra·tive·ly, adverb
- non·nar·ra·tive, adjective, noun
- sem·i·nar·ra·tive, adjective
Words Nearby narrative
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How to use narrative in a sentence
So much for the narrative about his best days passing him by — for now, at least.
Aaron Rodgers Is Playing Like Aaron Rodgers Again | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | September 16, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightContrary to the accepted narrative about how to build a championship contender, the Heat have gotten to this stage with historically limited playoff experience and an unusually deep ensemble cast of contributors around star Jimmy Butler.
The Miami Heat Act Like They’ve Been Here Before. They (Mostly) Haven’t. | Andres Waters | September 15, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightSvetlana, like Selin, is interested in language as a tool for building narratives, and in the idea of constantly telling a story about oneself.
The true love story in Elif Batuman’s The Idiot is a love affair with language | Constance Grady | September 11, 2020 | VoxWhen you see a burnt building, that is helping the wrong side of the narrative.
A summer of protests exposed deep demands for change—and entrenched obstacles | kdunn6 | September 7, 2020 | FortuneEven if you accept those terms, our own review raised issues with how the game develops its narrative.
Pick up The Last of Us Part II for $10 off—or take $30 off a used copy | Ars Staff | September 3, 2020 | Ars Technica
For his part, Bratton is disappointed but not surprised that the same narrative is already being mapped onto Fry and Spencer.
Freaking Out About Age Gaps in Gay Relationships Is Homophobic | Samantha Allen | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTTraditionally, popular history is almost purely driven by narrative.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe other narrative is of mobility in the service of ambition.
A twinned, imagined narrative of a fictitious Fidel Castro and a Miami exile intent on assassinating him.
The opening of the battle narrative begins on—get this—page 266!
It is not, however, the incident in itself that is now referred to, but only the formality ascribed to it in the narrative.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayAs they walked along, he listened with trembling, half-incredulous hope to Jos's interpretation of Aunt Ri's voluble narrative.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonA verbal narrative has of course in itself nothing similar to the scenes and events of which it tells.
Children's Ways | James SullyAt this part of Lorenzo's narrative, a cry, unutterable in words, burst from the engloomed but steadfast bosom of his auditor.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane Porter"I wonder if she has ever tried to condense rudeness into an epigram," said Isabel viciously, pausing in her narrative.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for narrative
/ (ˈnærətɪv) /
an account, report, or story, as of events, experiences, etc
the narrative the part of a literary work that relates events
the process or technique of narrating
telling a story: a narrative poem
of or relating to narration: narrative art
Derived forms of narrative
- narratively, adverb
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