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English
Etymology
anti- + epic
Noun
antiepic (plural antiepics)
- (literature) A literary work challenging the conventions of the epic.
2008, Tanya Caldwell, Virgil Made English, page 124:John Lewkenor, for example, challenges Virgil and the hierarchies of epic in a Petronius-style antiepic.
Translations
a literary work challenging the conventions of the epic
Adjective
antiepic (comparative more antiepic, superlative most antiepic)
- (literature) Challenging the conventions of the epic.