Definition of "metanarrative" [metanarrative]

• A grand story that is self-legitimizing. (noun)

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• "Frye’s metanarrative is a well-made myth, but it’s an orrery built to describe an ecosystem."
• "If the resolution of conflict is the 'How', then the metanarrative is the 'Why'. lolikitsune"
• "If the resolution of conflict is the 'How', then the metanarrative is the 'Why'."