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   metanarrative

   /ˈmɛtəˌnarətɪv/

   noun

   • 1. a narrative account that experiments with or explores the idea of storytelling, often by drawing attention to its own artificiality: "Don Quixote is a work of fiction but also a metanarrative"
   • 2. an overarching account or interpretation of events and circumstances that provides a pattern or structure for people’s beliefs and gives meaning to their experiences: "traditional religions provide stories that deliver a metanarrative about how we should live our lives"

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