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Meaning of atextual | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Not textual; not derived from written works.
  2. Of an interpretation of a statute or similar governing provision, derived from something other than the text of the provision.

Examples

“What Marx attacks are the atextual theses that history is made up of free events and that history is guided by superior individuals.”
“Neither party to the present case challenges the atextual extension of the habeas statute to United States citizens held beyond the territorial jurisdictions of the United States courts...”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ATG Athabascan Athabaskan athalline Athanasian Athapascan

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