subtextuality
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sub- + textuality or subtextual + -ity
Noun[edit]
subtextuality (countable and uncountable, plural subtextualities)
- The idea that a given text can contain countercurrents or repressed elements within it, or such elements in a text.
- 2006, Eric Schocket, Vanishing Moments: Class and American Literature[1]:
- But Stein's conception of psychology is decidedly pre-Freudian, and her stylistic investment in complex subtextuality is surprisingly minimal.