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subtext

noun as in implicit meaning

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Example Sentences

The subtext of the clown is that life is a joke and can be snatched away at any moment.

These witnesses should be of the same gender as the employee, to avoid any suggestion of a “sexual subtext”.

And the subtext to that remark, just in case you missed it, is: and neither should he!

It is, in a way, a lighthearted routine with a dark subtext: many of those gathered are accustomed to failure at auditions.

And so on and so forth, with the ominous subtext fairly shrieking  over the pleasant and heartwarming text.

These have been converted into two equations on two lines, with the arrow subtext moved into the equations.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to subtext, such as: connotation, association, coloring, hint, implication, and meaning.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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