Meaning of lethetic | Babel Free

Definitions

Failing to mirror reality, purely escapist or nonsensical.

Examples

“These lethetic fictions cut their ties to the real world, refusing to be mirrors of life.”

“If the structure of language is accepted as mirroring the world, the trope ceases to be a lethetic figure”

“Lethetic reading, on the other hand, could be liberating and indeed is liberating for some of Kafka's characters and for Kafka himself some of the time”

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