INTERTEXTUALITY

PRONUNCIATION: (in-tuhr-teks-chuh-WA-luh-tee)

MEANING: noun: Interpretation of a text in relation to other texts, rather than in isolation.

ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the philosopher and novelist Julia Kristeva (b. 1941) in French as intertextualité, from inter- (between) + textuel (textual), from Latin texere (to weave). Ultimately from the Indo-European root teks- (to weave), which also gave us context, texture, tissue, tectonic, architect, technology, subtle, and subtile. Earliest documented use: 1970.
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INTERTEXT-QUALITY - how much and what part of your text is informed by others'

INTERSEX-TU-ALITY - addressing a member of another gender by the familiar ("tu") pronoun

INTERTENTUALITY - hanky-panky on an overnight hike