subliterary

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ literary

Adjective

subliterary (comparative more subliterary, superlative most subliterary)

  1. Below the level of literature.
    • 1986, Thomas Kent, Interpretation and Genre, page 102:
      The narrative structure of a "subliterary" or "popular" genre like the dime novel may be reduced to a diagram or formula.
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