subtextuality

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noun

The idea that a given text can contain countercurrents or repressed elements within it, or such elements in a text.

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Meanings

nounsubtextuality (countable and uncountable, plural subtextualities)

plural subtextualities

  1. countableuncountableThe idea that a given text can contain countercurrents or repressed elements within it, or such elements in a text.

    But Stein's conception of psychology is decidedly pre-Freudian, and her stylistic investment in complex subtextuality is surprisingly minimal.

    2006, Eric Schocket, Vanishing Moments: Class and American Literature

Origin

From sub- + textuality or subtextual + -ity.

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APA

subtextuality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtextuality

MLA

“subtextuality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtextuality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subtextuality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtextuality.

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