Usually means: Meaning hidden beneath the surface.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word subtext:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. subtext: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. subtext: Merriam-Webster
  3. subtext: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. subtext: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. subtext: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Subtext, subtext: Wordnik
  7. subtext: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. subtext: Wiktionary
  9. subtext: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. subtext: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. subtext: Dictionary.com
  12. subtext: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Subtext (programming language), Subtext (software), Subtext: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. subtext: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. subtext: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Subtext: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See subtextual as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (authorship) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.
verb:  To create or use a subtext.

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