Even more concerning is that by weakening our emotional armor we make ourselves more vulnerable to things like failure, rejection, anxiety, and stress. So stop the self-criticism and protect your self-esteem when it's low by practicing self-compassion.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: A novel is a long prose narrative that describes fictional characters and events in the form of a sequential story, usually. The genre has historical roots in the fields of medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella.
novel - an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story. 1  fiction - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact. 2  detective novel, mystery novel - novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end.