"encyclopedic fiction" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} encyclopedic fiction (uncountable)
  1. (literature) A work of fiction employing a variety of forms to explore its subject exhaustively. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Literature
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