dialogism.

The interaction of different voices, perspectives or positions within discourse, especially in literary theory.

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Words that belong together

• literary dialogism
• dialogism in a novel

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Literary dialogism allowed the competing positions to remain active rather than reducing them to one approved voice.

Dialogism in the novel emerged from conflicting social languages as well as direct conversation.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, narrative analysis, characterization, contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: uncommon.