Stylistics

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The study of the use of elements of language style, such as metaphor, in particular contexts.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The study of literary style, and how it changes within different contexts.
  • Word Usage
    "Equally, in his brisk 1987 thriller Best Seller – about an author-cop who sees a way out of his writer's block via a corporate hitman's psychopathic life story – it's Larry Cohen's cynical, subversive script that registers most strongly, not the stylistics of John Flynn."