Meaning of diegetic in English

(Definition of diegetic from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of diegetic

diegetic
Second, and more egregious, is the film's diegetic use of contemporary pop songs.
The diegetic tempo persists, forcing you to read each panel before continuing to the next.
This pretension to diegetic expediency thus blurs her unconscious and conscious states in a manner reminiscent of her first-hand experiences with the obfuscating air.
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Translations of diegetic

in Chinese (Traditional)
劇情中的(音���)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
剧情中的(音乐)…
in Spanish
diegético…
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