figurant
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an originally French word that means extra (as in a theatrical production); related words "unfiguranted" and "figurantless" mean "without anonymous extras" (where everyone is a protagonist of sorts)
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quoted from IJ. I think DFW coined this word
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9 years, 6 months ago
figurantless crowds
quoted from IJ
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9 years, 6 months ago
to reinforce the sense that the anonymous many (the figurants?) who make up his audience had a place in his text
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9 years, 4 months ago
A term from ballet, originally, figurant, the wraith explains.
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8 years, 9 months ago
She saw again Deepa’s wall of female figurants, her assemblage of images at once diverse and singular
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5 years, 5 months ago