Literature and Material

Literature

Literature noun - Published writings in a particular style on a particular subject.

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Material and literature are semantically related in written word topic. In some cases you can use "Material" instead a noun "Literature".

Nearby Words: literary, literate, literacy

Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

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Literature and material are semantically related in written word topic. Sometimes you can use "Literature" instead a noun "Material".

human	human literature	human material
old	old literature	old material
good	good literature	good material
special	special literature	special material
Other adjectives: original, actual, expanded, great, bad, early, pornographic, later, various, written, older, recent, earlier, published.

This is averted however in the supplementary material, especially The New Traveller's Almanac which has references to Colombian, French, Russian literature and other obscurities.

Source: Creator Provincialism
The strength of Word of God in the Harry Potter fandom seems unusual compared to many other literature fandoms, possibly because of the sheer amount of interview material given by Rowling.

Source: Word of God
Pragmatic Adaptation: Since it's a TV series whose source material is a body of folklore and its own earlier adaptations in literature and the performing arts.

Source: Series / Robin Hood

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Material or Literature. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/literature/material.

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