Synonyms & related words for metafiction

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Words related to metafiction

Explore words related to metafiction — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include metafictionist, metafictional, fiction, fictionization, fictionize, antinovel, fictioneer, antinovelist. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does metafiction come from?

The word metafiction breaks down into 2 roots of Greek and Latin origin: meta-, from Greek meta (“about itself, self-referential”); and fiction, from Latin fingere (“to form, invent”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.