Word.ws English Dictionary

subtextualities

subtextualities is the plural of subtextuality.

Meaning of subtextuality

Noun

subtextuality (countable and uncountable, plural subtextualities)

  1. The 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

Questions about subtextualities

What is subtextualities the plural of?
Subtextualities is the plural of subtextuality.

Words near subtextualities in the dictionary

  1. subtexted
  2. subtexting
  3. subtextless
  4. subtexts
  5. subtextual
  6. subtextualities
  7. subtextuality
  8. subtextualization
  9. subtextualizations
  10. subtextualize
  11. subtextualized

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: subtextualities (page history and authors); subtextuality (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “subtextualities.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/subtextualities. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.