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literatures

noun

Meaning

  1. The body of all written works.
  2. The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture.
  3. (usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
  4. Written fiction of a high standard.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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