Subtext

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What do we mean by subtext?

An implicit meaning or theme of a literary text. noun

The underlying personality of a dramatic character as implied or indicated by a script or text and interpreted by an actor in performance. noun

The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue. noun

(authorship) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.

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The word "subtext" in example sentences

I read that as a clear statement that she still holds to her transphobic views – and the subtext is as obnoxious as it is heavy-handed and unoriginal. ❋ Unknown (2008)

No, no, Andy, the subtext is the moral ambiguity of the right who shut down social programs to feed the poor while sanctioning school children to pray for them. ❋ Roger Sutton (2006)

This subtext is also interesting considering how Barry's later opera, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, raises these issues again when dealing with the subject matter of Fassbinder's film and its all female cast. ❋ Unknown (2006)

 Submerged in subtext, The White Ribbon is a fantastic film that offers no easy answers and a future both inescapable and inexplicable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That's a problem: subtext is not the end-all and be-all of human experience. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

The hilarious subtext is that the pirate ship is home to a cast of homosexual men (including denizens such as Peter Poop who has a wine-cork for a nose). ❋ Roger Sutton (2009)

Sure, fine, but when the subtext is written in red neon, it's kind of beside the point. ❋ Stefan Beck (2010)

I don't watch Supernatural so I don't know if the subtext is intentional or not. ❋ Rabid1st (2009)

But the subtext is that the world would be a better place if white people had never been invented. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A subtext is that it's often more wasteful to engage in this activity, e.g. green glass. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As they discuss paint-color choices, the subtext is clear. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The latter, in subtext, read; ` Police officers did everything possible to prevent the death of Kevin Kenna at his home … … .. ` but this was actually a quote from the IPCC. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

The homoerotic subtext is obvious, as is the symbolism of change-resistant people inflicting horrors on their own children rather than allowing nature to run its course. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By the way, what master of subtext is picking Bristol's musical selections? ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The Sheriff of Kona" (American Magazine, August, 1909), among London's several works, both fiction and nonfiction, with a leprosy (Hansen's disease) text or subtext, is a story told by John Cudworth, an 18-year resident of Kona (on the western coast of the Big Island of Hawaii). ❋ Unknown (2008)

First point: In Sarah Palin's case, the subtext is rapidly becoming text. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I find it interesting that she hasn't touched this subject for weeks or months until the windbag former VP candidate raises it and it gets more than 30 secs of press, so she picks it up, and the subtext is "please keep covering my campaign, I'm still newsworthy." ❋ Unknown (2008)

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