subtext

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ text

Noun

subtext (plural subtexts)

(authorship) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.
- 2012 July 27, Jason Zinoman, “Chekhov's Banana Peel”, in Slate‎:
  While his major plays appear on the surface to have little plot, their subtext is full of overheated romance and melodrama.

Derived terms

subtextual

See also

Translations

implicit meaning of a text

Armenian: ենթատեքստ (hy) (entʿatekʿst)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潛台詞 (zh), 潜台词 (zh) (qiántáicí)
Czech: podtext m

Hebrew: משמעות סמוייה‎ f (mashma'ut smuya), תת כותרת‎ f
Russian: подте́кст (ru) (podtékst)
Swedish: undertext (sv) c

Anagrams

butt sex, buttsex

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