Meaning & use
diegetic
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Relating to sound or elements that exist within the world of a story, as opposed to being added for the audience alone.
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The footsteps in the scene were diegetic sound, coming from the actor walking on camera.
Unlike the diegetic dialogue, the film's score is non-diegetic, heard only by the audience.
A note on using this word
A term from film and narrative theory, from the Greek 'diegesis' (narration); it separates sounds characters can hear from those only the audience hears.
Words with an opposite meaning
non-diegeticextradiegetic
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