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authorial

authorial

2 7.9
Something that relates to a writer or shows their personal style
  • adjective
  • /ɔːˈθɔːriəl/
  • Literature
: autoral
  • The novel showcases a distinct authorial style that resonates with readers on multiple levels.
  • authorial voice
  • authorial intent
  • authorial intention

Like you are maybe going to be able to protect your vision and make your, you know, authorial, authorial work.

Examples

  • What can we learn, then, from Bloom's authorial failures?

    Academic text (2017)
  • The potential dominance of the authorial audience role is not limited to the case of postmodern metafiction.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The stage direction at the end of this scene requires, in my opinion, some authorial exposition.

  • But what I was deeply moved by in the book, and I think you alluded to it when you talked about authorial respect for characters.

  • To answer the third question, students analyze word choices for attitudes, evaluation, and authorial stance.

    Academic text (2013)
  • But this knowledge is no longer useful as the authorial audience tries to envision a coherent fictional world.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Here, the lack of closure, which accompanies a shift to a remote authorial stance, is unusual and unsatisfying.

    Academic text (1991)
  • As a writer establishing his own authorial subjectivity, Swift capitalizes uneasily on these tensions.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The lecture focused on the authorial intent behind several famous works of literature.

  • Through his authorial choices, the writer crafted a unique narrative voice that captivated the audience.

Synonyms

auctorial
vsauthorial
  • Literature
1 9.9

Relating to an author or their way of writing

is about items made or done by an author not only written

How Authorial

idiosyncratic
16 8.1
personal
∞ 1.4
authorial
  • Literature
2 7.9
impersonal
31 5.1
objective
203 4.3

Surface Forms

authorial positive

Morphology

authorial = author (transparent) = author + ial

Standard adjective formation from the noun 'author' with the suffix '-ial' yielding 'relating to or characteristic of an author', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word authorial starts with author, a person who 'creates' or 'writes', and the ending -ial means 'relating to'. So authorial means 'relating to the author' or showing the writer's own voice or actions.