literature
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
creative writing of recognized artistic value
Types & categories
- written material hypernym
- Sanskrit literature hyponym
Related & opposite
- literary derivation
- literature has domain topic
- steed has domain topic
- deconstruction has domain topic
- lit has domain topic
- literature has domain topic
- flashback has domain topic
- flash-forward has domain topic
- redaction has domain topic
- republication has domain topic
- rosebud has domain topic
- tempest has domain topic
- tension has domain topic
- longueur has domain topic
- carved has domain topic
- gothic has domain topic
- filmable has domain topic
- copyrighted has domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the humanistic study of a body of literature
he took a course in Russian lit
Types & categories
- literary study hypernym
Related & opposite
- literary derivation
- literature domain topic
Sense 3 noun
published writings in a particular style on a particular subject
the technical literature
Types & categories
- written material hypernym
- historiography hyponym
Related & opposite
- literature domain topic
Sense 4 noun
the profession or art of a writer
her place in literature is secure
Types & categories
- profession hypernym
Related & opposite
- literature domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | literary |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | literature |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | steed |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | deconstruction |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | lit |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | literature |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | flashback |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | flash-forward |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | redaction |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | republication |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | rosebud |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | tempest |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | tension |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | longueur |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | carved |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | gothic |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | filmable |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | copyrighted |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | written material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Sanskrit literature |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | literary |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | literature |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | literary study |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | literature |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | written material |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | historiography |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | literature |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | profession |