The academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, cultural and national boundaries.

plural of comparative literature

plural of absolute comparative

(grammar) The use of a comparative to indicate a relatively high degree of some quality, without explicitly making a comparison, as in "higher education".

(linguistics) A kind of comparative sentence that superficially seems acceptable but actually has no clear meaning. Example: "More people have been to Russia than I have."

plural of comparative illusion

plural of comparative advantage

plural of comparative linguist

plural of comparative superlative

(chiefly US) The principle that there should be no difference in remuneration between jobs held mostly by women and jobs held mostly by men, when the women's work is comparable in skill, effort, working conditions, and responsibility to the men's work.