subliterature
American
[suhb-lit-er-uh-cher, -choor, -li-truh-]
/ ˈsʌbˌlɪt ər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, -ˌlɪ trə- /
noun
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writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
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a report or similar material written for immediate use and reproduced in an impermanent form.
Other Word Forms
- subliterary adjective
Etymology
Origin of subliterature
First recorded in 1950–55; sub- + literature
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