subtext

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ text

Noun

subtext (plural subtexts)

1. (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^[1]:

     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

• subcurrent
• undercurrent

Translations

implicit meaning of a text

• Armenian: ենթատեքստ (hy) (entʻatekʻst)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潛台詞／潜台词 (zh) (qiántáicí), 潜台词 (zh) (qiántáicí)

• Czech: podtext m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: משמעות סמוייה f (mashma'ut smuya), תת כותרת f
• Russian: подте́кст (ru) (podtékst)
• Swedish: undertext (sv) c

Anagrams

• butt sex, buttsex