subjunctivity
nounEtymology From subjunctive + -ity.
1
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Rare The property of being in the subjunctive mood.
2
The relationship to reality of what is depicted in a given fictional work.
Literary criticism
- Related terms
- Doylist versus Watsonian, extradiegetic versus intradiegetic, out-of-universe versus in-universe