textual
/'tekstjuəl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Relating to or based on a text: Pertaining to the written or printed words of a book, document, or other piece of writing, rather than to illustrations, context, or interpretation.
- Concerned with the exact wording: Focusing on the precise words as they appear in the original source.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The professor's feedback was primarily textual, focusing on the specific word choices in the essay.
- A textual analysis examines the language, structure, and themes within the writing itself.
- The editor found a textual discrepancy between the manuscript and the first printed edition.
Advanced Usage
- "Textual criticism": The scholarly study and comparison of manuscripts or editions of a text to determine the most accurate original version.
- Textual criticism of ancient scriptures involves comparing hundreds of manuscript fragments.
- "Textual evidence": Proof or support derived directly from the words of a text.
- Her argument was compelling because it was backed by strong textual evidence from the novel.
Variants and Related Words
- Textually (adverb): In a way that relates to or is based on a text.
- The two versions differ textually in several key passages.
- Intertextual (adjective): Relating to the connections between different texts.
- The novel is rich with intertextual references to classical mythology.
Synonyms
- Verbatim: In exactly the same words as were used originally.
- Literal: Taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory.
Related Phrases
- Textual integrity: The coherence and unity of a text's meaning and structure.
- Debates about the play's textual integrity have continued for decades.
- Textual variant: A difference in wording found in different copies or editions of the same text.
- Scholars noted a significant textual variant in the poem's final line.
Adjective
- of or relating to or based on a text
- textual analysis