"in-universe" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=in-universe}} in-universe (not comparable)
  1. Referring to a perspective or view from the context of a fictional world, in contrast to a perspective from the real world. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Narratology Synonyms: intradiegetic, Watsonian

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2017, Jordan Erica Webber, Daniel Griliopoulos, “On utilitarianism: BioWare's baddies”, in Ten Things Video Games can Teach Us, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 243:",
          "text": "And in Mass Effect 2, you can find a secret dossier on the synthetic Geth sniper called Legion, which was created solely to preserve its species. This dossier shows that this apparently serious Geth spends a lot of processing time playing video games — ranging from playing as a Level 612 Ardat-Yakshi Necromancer in Galaxy of Fantasy, an in-universe MMO with over eleven billion players, to being a max-scoring sniper in Code of Honor: Medal of Duty.",
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          "ref": "2019, Monica Louzon, “Mara Jade, Frontier Woman”, in Melanie A. Marotta, editor, Women's Space, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 29:",
          "text": "The Star Wars novels, comics, video games, television series, and radio shows created between 1977 and 2012 all constitute an original Expanded Universe (EU) of in-universe history and lore set within the same transmedia franchise.",
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