Meaning & use

Intermedial

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Involving, combining, or occurring between two or more different media or art forms.

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The exhibition explored intermedial storytelling that blended film, sculpture, and live performance.

Scholars study the intermedial relationship between comic books and cinema.

A note on using this word

A term used mainly in media studies and the arts to describe works that deliberately mix or bridge different media rather than staying within a single one.

Words with a similar meaning

cross-mediamultimedia

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Words with an opposite meaning

monomedial

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