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English
Etymology
From para- + text.
Noun
paratext (countable and uncountable, plural paratexts)
- (literary) In literary theory, meanings that are alluded to, above or beyond the printed text; interpretations of text.
- Coordinate terms: subtext, context, peritext, epitext
- All of the notes and explanations that make a text more understandable.
Derived terms
References
- Gérard Genette, Paratext: Thresholds of interpretation