narrative
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈnɛrətɪv/
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narrativa
- The mothers took time in their narratives to reflect on meaning, both for themselves and for others.
- a historical narrative
- a dominant narrative
- the prevailing narrative
Why did that particular narrative spread so effectively?
- Why did that particular narrative spread so effectively?
- I don't sign up anymore to a lot of the narrative around Prince Andrew.
- They're going to narratives that craft belief systems.
- They they used us and the false narrative to push their agendas.
- It's the loss of a narrative, a loss of innocence.
- I'm looking for his narrative, his words on the bus.
- Explain why that narrative was both useful and false.
- that don't question the narrative and it just, it's
- A failions, a failure of inner narrative, something like that.
- And so again, the narratives are so different.
- And yeah there's not a there's not a narrative of adventure no.
- They're creating that narrative and it's obvious.
- But right now the narrative is never sell.
Examples
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Why did that particular narrative spread so effectively?
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All of us women looking to change the narrative have to keep pushing and not let up.
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Moving into a house is one of the primal events in the narrative of life.
Academic text (2011) -
Women came into his office and laid out narratives that left his head spinning.
Fiction book (1991) -
The novel tells a captivating narrative about friendship and betrayal.
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Her personal narrative illustrates the challenges she faced during her journey.
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The documentary presented a compelling narrative of the events surrounding the civil rights movement.
Synonyms
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1.0
An account of events told to entertain or inform
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A story that tells about events, often imaginary, in books or by people
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3.0
A report that describes what happened
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3.9
A spoken or written description of what happened
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3.0
A complete, detailed report of events and facts
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Telling a story or describing events
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An account of events told in detail
A spoken or written story that explains events
Compounds
- Literature
A religious story in the Bible about how God creates the world
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word narrative comes from the Latin verb narrare, 'to tell', and shares the same root as narrate and narrator. So a narrative is simply a telling of connected events — in other words, a story.