"subtextual" meaning in English

See subtextual in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: subtextual [positive], more subtextual [comparative], most subtextual [superlative]
Etymology: sub- + textual Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|sub|textual}} sub- + textual Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Something that is subtextual has to do with subtext. It describes something in a book (or other piece of media) which isn't literally written down, but instead is something about it you have to figure out for yourself, like a theme or a moral.
    Sense id: simple-subtextual-en-adj-1SgOLacd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with sub-
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