non-diegeticadj.
/ˌnɒndʌɪᵻˈdʒɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌnɑnˌdaɪəˈdʒɛdɪk/ Not diegetic; esp. (of sound in a film, television programme, etc.) having a source external to the world of the story, and not heard by the characters.Examples of non-diegetic sound include accompanying musical scores and voice-overs.
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society > communication > broadcasting > putting on or producing broadcast > [adjective] > background sound or effects
non-diegetic1970
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [adjective] > relating to narration or story-telling > not
non-diegetic1970
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > special techniques > [adjective] > specific sound techniques
push-pull1934
non-diegetic1970
diegesis1974
1970 Drama Rev. 14 iii. 136 The nucleus of the Masque is thus nondiegetic, simply a potlatch-type procession-cum-dance.
1980 Yale French Stud. No. 60. 127 Passages of a non-diegetic, cheery waltz alternate with the woman's cries.
1995 Sci.-Fiction Stud. July 242 The future tenses in these sections [of the novel] make it clear that the descriptions are non-diegetic.
2017 K. Virvidaki Testing Coherence in Narr. Film vii. 183 The diegetic voices have been muted, while the non-diegetic voice-over is dubbed over this muteness.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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