different between textual vs atextual

English

Alternative forms

• textuall (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?k.stju.?l/

Adjective

textual (comparative more textual, superlative most textual)

1. Of or pertaining to text.
   1. Of or pertaining to textuality.
   2. Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements.

      I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes.

2. Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.

Derived terms

Related terms

• contextual
• textuary

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /t?ks.tu?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /teks.tu?al/

Adjective

textual (masculine and feminine plural textuals)

1. textual
2. verbatim, word-for-word

Derived terms

• textualment

Related terms

• text

Further reading

• “textual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Adjective

textual m or f (plural textuais)

1. textual
2. verbatim, word-for-word
3. exact, precise

Derived terms

• textualmente

Related terms

• texto

Further reading

• “textual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Adjective

textual m or f (plural textuais, comparable)

1. textual
2. exact, precise

Derived terms

• textualmente

Related terms

• texto

Romanian

Etymology

From French textuel

Adjective

textual m or n (feminine singular textual?, masculine plural textuali, feminine and neuter plural textuale)

1. verbatim

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te?s?twal/, [t?e??s?t?wal]

Adjective

textual (plural textuales)

1. textual
2. exact, precise, literal

Derived terms

Related terms

• texto

Further reading

• “textual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From a- +? textual.

Adjective

atextual (comparative more atextual, superlative most atextual)

1. Not textual; not derived from written works.
2. (law) Of an interpretation of a statute or similar governing provision, derived from something other than the text of the provision.
   • Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466 (2007), Scalia, J., dissenting:

     Neither party to the present case challenges the atextual extension of the habeas statute to United States citizens held beyond the territorial jurisdictions of the United States courts...