subtext
Example Sentences
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Yet the subtext is less important than the surface: The movie is simply a witless bore.
All this and a subtext of relationships among the leading artists of the period.
The subtext: The judge didn’t need to impose harsh penalties; the market would take care of itself.
She became so important to me because I had largely built her out of subtext and this private part of her that mostly the audience was my biggest confidant.”
From Los Angeles Times
The subtext plays out in how the town confronts the other corruptions in its midst.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.