urtext
noun
ur·text
| \ ˈu̇r-ˌtekst
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Definition of urtext
: the original text (as of a musical score)
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Starring a slick-haired Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman at her most serene, Gattaca is a deserved cult classic, a highlight in the hubristic-humans-playing-God subgenre, the urtext for any discussion of the slippery slope toward eugenics. — Darryn King, WIRED, "Director Andrew Niccol Lives in His Own Truman Show (And So Do You)," 4 May 2018 First published in 1976, this is the classic, the urtext, the model for a memoir by an angry or repentant former political official. — Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor, "With tell-all, Comey joins club of ex-officials turned scribes," 13 Apr. 2018 The Compleat Angler Published in 1653, Izaak Walton's treatise on fly-fishing and its pleasures is widely viewed as the sport's urtext. — Jon Gluck, Popular Mechanics, "How to Get Started In Fly-Fishing," 19 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'urtext.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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