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"ref": "2009, William E. Marsh, Nothingness, Metanarrative, and Possibility, AuthorHouse, page 199",
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"A narrative which concerns narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge and offers legitimation of such through the anticipated completion of some master idea; a grand story that is self-legitimizing."
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"(critical theory) A narrative which concerns narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge and offers legitimation of such through the anticipated completion of some master idea; a grand story that is self-legitimizing."
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"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "宏大敘事"
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"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "metanarrativa"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "consciència popular"
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"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "realitat col·lectiva"
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"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "宏大敘事"
},
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"roman": "hóngdà xùshì",
"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "宏大叙事"
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"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "métarécit"
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"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "grand récit"
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"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "meistererzählung"
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"word": "metanarrativa"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "siêu tự sự"
},
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge",
"word": "đại tự sự"
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