subtext

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ text

Noun

subtext (plural subtexts)

  1. (authorship) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.
    • 2011, Patrick Spedding; James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 113:
      The word dick has meant penis since the 1890s, but Chester Gould’s private detective “Dick Tracy” has no puerile subtext related to this word.
    • 2012 July 27, Jason Zinoman, “Chekhov's Banana Peel”, in Slate‎:
      While his major plays appear on the surface to have little plot, their subtext is full of overheated romance and melodrama.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Hebrew: סאבטקסט‎ (sábtekst)

Translations
implicit meaning of a text

See also

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

From sub- +‎ text.

Noun

subtext n (plural subtexte)

  1. subtext

Declension
Declension of subtext
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) subtext subtextul (niște) subtexte subtextele
genitive/dative (unui) subtext subtextului (unor) subtexte subtextelor
vocative subtextule subtextelor

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