non-canonical
adjective
(alsononcanonical)uk/ˌnɒn.kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌnɑːn.kəˈnɑː.nɪ.kəl/notpartof a set ofworksorsubjectsthat aregenerallyagreedto be good,important, andworthstudying:
Non-canonicaltextscan still be veryinfluential.
Therulingpartyviewednoncanonicalliteraturewithsuspicion.
- There has been muchworkdonerecentlyon noncanonicalChristianwritings.
- Thecouncilissuedanorderforbiddingthereadingof non-canonicalbooks.
- He alsowroteessayson allmannerof non-canonicalsubjectssuch asjazzandEuropeancinema.
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- femslash
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- poet laureate
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy