Meaning & use
Subtextual
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Relating to or existing as an underlying or implicit meaning beneath the surface of a text or conversation.
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The director filled the script with subtextual tension between the two rivals.
Critics praised the novel's subtextual commentary on class and ambition.
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Subtextual is the adjective form of 'subtext,' the meaning that lies beneath the literal words of dialogue or writing.
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