textual criticism

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolcrítica textual

Françaiscritique textuelle

DeutschTextkritik

7 more languages

Ελληνικάκριτική κειμένου

Suomitekstikritiikki tekstintutkimus

Italianocritica testuale

Nederlandstekstkritiek

Polskitekstologia

Portuguêscrítica textual

Svenskatextkritik

CEFR level

B2

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

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See also

textual harassment textualisation textualism textualist textuality textualization

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