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- adjective Pertaining to
subtext .
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Examples
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The way that you "critique" my argument is built on these kind of subtextual transfers.
Whether true or not 2009
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It's this kind of subtextual visual touch that sets Sirk apart.
Archive 2007-11-01 Ed Howard 2007
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It's this kind of subtextual visual touch that sets Sirk apart.
11/30: The Key To Reserva; All That Heaven Allows; Vera Cruz Ed Howard 2007
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So rather than post yet another diary which implies that "Sarah Palin is evil" in a kind of subtextual way, I thought I'd do something a bit different.
Mere Rhetoric 2008
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Away from complicated continuity and Morrison's multi-tiered, subtextual happy world building (yea I am just throwing buzzwords together), tells a love story between Ali and Sofia (OK with a few demi-gods and mythology elements, admittedly).
What Are You Reading? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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Details jump out at you; small subtextual clues that the show doesn't stop to explore.
TLC's 'Sister Wives': Frank, entertaining TV about polygamist Browns in Utah Hank Stuever 2010
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This is most commonly employed in the defence of a beloved work under fire for subtextual dubiousness — for latent sexism, racism, homophobia or suchlike.
Arguing With Geeks 5 Hal Duncan 2009
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Number Six is all about the subtextual warfare, Pinterian psycholinguistics, a constant probing in the undercurrents of even the most banal niceties.
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Dog brushed and pajamas attained, only six hours and one somewhat dubiously subtextual PG movie later.
for the life of me I cannot remember what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise jmeadows 2009
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If so, any real-world pirate episodes will have no impact on Jolly Pirates since they share no common subtextual references.
Aargh? Roger Sutton 2009
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