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diegesis

A narrative or plot. Typically, a movie.

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  • Greek: Diegesis --> Early 19th Century: Diegesis From Greek to Early 19th Century.
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In Romeo and Juliet, the diegesis of the movie is a marriage between 2 lovers in a war.

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Submitted by plessielochness on January 11, 2022

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  • plessielochness
    plessielochness
    Fun fact for this word: The word, diegesis, is only used at a rounded percent of 0.00002%. This means that the word is so rare, even google errors the word, even though it has a definition in the google dictionary. 
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