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The answer ALLUSION has 36 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of allusion in various dictionaries:
noun - passing reference or indirect mention
The act of alluding; indirect reference: Without naming names, the candidate criticized the national leaders by allusion.
See Usage Note at allude.
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| an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly an indirect or passing reference. |
| passing reference or indirect mention |
| An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly an indirect or passing reference. |
| The act of alluding indirect reference: Without naming names, the candidate criticized the national leaders by allusion. |
| An instance of indirect reference: an allusion to classical mythology in a poem. See Usage Note at allude. |
| something that is said or written that is intended to make you think of a particular thing or person: |
| a brief or indirect reference: |
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| Allusion is a figure of speech, in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance from an external context. It is left to the audience to make the connection; where the connection is directly and explicitly stated (as opposed to indirectly implied) by the author, it is instead usually termed a reference. In the arts, a literary allusion puts the alluded text in a new context under which it assumes new meanings and denotations. It is not possible to predetermine the nature of all the new meanings and inter-textual patterns that an allusion will generate. Literary allusion is closely related to parody and pastiche, which are also "text-linking" literary devices.In a wider, more informal context, an allusion is a passing or casually short statement indicating broader meaning. It is an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication, such as "In the stock market, he met his Waterloo." |