subtextnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsʌb.tekst/us/ˈsʌb.tekst/a hidden or less obvious meaning:
The political subtext of her novel is a criticism of government interference in individual lives.
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- add
- badge
- connotation
- denotation
- drive
- hermeneutic
- hermeneutics
- how
- loaded
- mean
- meaning
- modality
- other
- pregnant
- put words in/into sb's mouth idiom
- significantly
- signification
- signify
- speak to sb idiom
- word
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