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subtext
noun
(sub-text)
the implicit or metaphorical meaning (as of a literary text)
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connotation
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aspect
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argument
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flavour
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addition
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undercurrent
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allegory
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symbolism
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nuance
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irony
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subplot
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metaphor
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pathos
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narrative
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ambiguity
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homoeroticism
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subtlety
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poignancy
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undertones
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overtones
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allusions
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steaminess
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conceit
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misogyny
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insubstantiality
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melodrama
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themes
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plotline
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salaciousness
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tropes
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leitmotif
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didacticism
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sordidness
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psychodrama
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satire
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knowingness
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topicality
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grand guignol
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facetiousness
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moralizing
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doubleness
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profundity
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dialectic
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grandiloquence
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weightiness
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kinkiness
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duality
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absurdism
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sophoclean
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metafiction
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inarticulateness
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condescension
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carnality
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polemic
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discomfiting
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rawly
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sentimentality
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wryness
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slyness
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storyline
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wishfulness
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fictionalization
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resonance
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attitudinizing
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tinge
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intrigue
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queerness
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triteness
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superficiality
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cliches
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fatuousness
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artifice
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uhry
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elision
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tawdriness
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intertextuality
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dichotomies
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roundelay
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deracination
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counterpoint
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gist
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misandry
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melodramatics
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connotations
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eroticism
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theatricality
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implication
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juxtaposition
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hyperrealism
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nebulousness
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staginess
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unnaturalness
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ruefulness
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enthrallment
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poignance
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suggestiveness
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affectless
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crudities
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