单词 | subtextual |
释义 | subtextualadj. Of or relating to a subtext; (now esp.) underlying, unarticulated, implicit. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective] glancing1596 allusive1607 indicative1624 suggestive1631 insinuative1649 suspicious1663 hinting1820 subindicative1822 subtextual1950 1889 Critic (N.Y.) 26 Jan. 40/1 In the first volume, on Virginia, there is not a single note or sub-textual reference to an authority. 1897 Literature 4 Dec. 213/1 The dim cells of foot-notes and..the vaults of sub-textual commentaries. 1950 E. R. Hapgood tr. K. S. Stanislavski Building Character viii. 113 It is only when our feelings reach down into the subtextual stream that the ‘through line of action’ of a play or a part comes into being. 1987 Melody Maker 8 Aug. 31/1 And yet the—er—sub-textual urges in your music do appear to be inimical to the notion of self-help karate groups for women. 2005 New Yorker 14 Feb. 192/2 A garrulous but lucid stream of subtextual information. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1889 |
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