What is another word for allusiveness?

Pronunciation: [ɐlˈuːsɪvnəs] (IPA)

Allusiveness, as a literary device, often employs synonyms to convey the intended thought or idea behind the text. Some synonyms that we can use for allusiveness include implication, insinuation, intimation, connotation, and inference. These words will help the reader to understand the concept more accurately and clearly. The underlying idea of allusiveness is to shed light on a subject by using an indirect or subtle reference. All in all, these synonyms help to strengthen the impact of the allusion, and artists use them to navigate the fine line between revealing too much or too little information to their readers or listeners.

What are the hypernyms for Allusiveness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Allusiveness?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for allusiveness (as nouns)

Usage examples for Allusiveness

There is nothing, apparently, studied about it, no ornament or involution, no otiose epithets, no subtle allusiveness.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Where, in his boyhood, he had felt only the perfect, the almost austere beauty of form, the subtle interplay of vowel-sounds, the rush and fulness of lyric emotion, he now thrilled to the close-packed significance of each line, the allusiveness of each word-his imagination lured hither and thither on fresh trails of thought, and perpetually spurred by the sense that, beyond what he had already discovered, more marvellous regions lay waiting to be explored.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
Her own latent motherhood, however, kept stealing up out of the dim distances of childhood's ignorance and, with modesty and allusiveness, whispering knowledge in her ear.
"The Money Master, Volume 3."
Gilbert Parker

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