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Subtext
(authorship) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.
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(authorship) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| connotationnoun | (semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in. |
| aspectnoun | Any specific feature, part, or element of something. |
| additionnoun | (uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding. |
| argumentnoun | (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason. |
| flavournoun | British standard spelling of flavor. |
| undertonenoun | An implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, speech or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent. |
| undersongnoun | (figuratively) Subordinate and underlying idea, meaning or atmosphere; undertone. |
| submindnoun | An unconscious aspect of the mind. |
| undersensenoun | A deeper sense or meaning. |
| undercurrentnoun | (figuratively) A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed. |
| contextnoun | The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence. |
| messagenoun | A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed. |
| sum and substancenoun | The essential meaning of written or spoken words; gist, crux. |
| implicaturenoun | (pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail. |
| sideshadowingnoun | (literature) A literary technique that uses references not in the current text. |
| implicationnoun | (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action. |
| subliminal messagenoun | A signal or message embedded in another object, designed to pass below the normal limits of perception. |
| underfeelverb | (transitive and intransitive) To feel inadequately or to a lesser degree than expected. |
| textnoun | A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences. |
| implicatumnoun | (pragmatics) That which is implied. |
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