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Noun Concept
Categories: Semantics, All articles needing additional references, Semantics (linguistics), Figures of speech, Narrative techniques
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allusion  allude  allusions  allusive  Allusively
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Passing reference or indirect mention WordNet 3.0
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Passing reference or indirect mention WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from an unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. Wikipedia
Figure of speech using indirect reference Wikidata
Passing reference or indirect mention. OmegaWiki
An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned. Wiktionary
Indirect reference, hint. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
mention
Rhetorical device
HAS KIND
insinuation
Easter egg
Biblical allusions in Shakespeare
cultural literacy
HAS INSTANCE
Charon's obol
DERIVATION
allude
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Wikidata
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Wiktionary
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Wikipedia Redirections
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allude, allusions, allusive, Allusively, Alusion, Cultural allusion, literary allusion, Talmeeh

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