diegetic

Of or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.

Adjective

  1. Of or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.
    • diegetic music
    • Camille is the hyperactive DJ of her own life, queuing up tunes on her cracked iPhone when on drives, in bed, and in the bath. Her stepdad plays piano, and the town’s social life revolves around a karaoke bar. Almost...

    Synonyms: narrative

    Antonyms: nondiegetic commentative

Origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διηγητικός (diēgētikós). By surface analysis, diegesis + -etic.

Forms

diagetic

Related

diegesis

Derived

autodiegetic extradiegetic heterodiegetic homodiegetic hypodiegetic infradiegetic intradiegetic metadiegetic multidiegetic nondiegetic non-diegetic polydiegetic