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subliterature

American

[suhb-lit-er-uh-cher, -choor, -li-truh-] / ˈsʌbˌlɪt ər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, -ˌlɪ trə- /

noun

writing below the standards of literature as an art form.
a report or similar material written for immediate use and reproduced in an impermanent form.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

subliterary

adjective

Etymology

Origin of subliterature

First recorded in 1950–55; sub- + literature

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