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- noun rare The
explicit orsurface meaning of aliterary text , as opposed to thesubtext .
Etymologies
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Blend of surface and text
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To the credit of whomever it concerns, however, the Follies subtext, which hones in on living in the past -- as the Plummers and the Stones do -- has weight even if the surtext lacks enough of it.
David Finkle: First Nighter: "Follies" 2011 a Smash Hit David Finkle 2011
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