diaristic
adjective
di·a·ris·tic
ˌdī-ə-ˈri-stik 
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a diary
her diaristic tone
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That duality runs through the titles—poetic fragments that feel diaristic but open.
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Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
In this diaristic novella by a prolific translator of the Norwegian Nobel laureate Jon Fosse, a narrator records several weeks in the summer of 2016 spent exchanging stories with friends in New York, travelling to San Francisco, and nursing foot injuries.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Below, every lyric that could lead back to the bad blood between the diaristic songwriters.
—Zach Schiffman, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Her commercial echelon, again, is more akin to pure pop artists like Madonna, whose lyrical narratives—while memorable—aren’t usually packed with diaristic detail.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
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Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
In this diaristic novella by a prolific translator of the Norwegian Nobel laureate Jon Fosse, a narrator records several weeks in the summer of 2016 spent exchanging stories with friends in New York, travelling to San Francisco, and nursing foot injuries.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Below, every lyric that could lead back to the bad blood between the diaristic songwriters.
—Zach Schiffman, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Her commercial echelon, again, is more akin to pure pop artists like Madonna, whose lyrical narratives—while memorable—aren’t usually packed with diaristic detail.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for diaristic
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“Diaristic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diaristic. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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