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ALLUSIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does allusiveness mean? 

ALLUSIVENESS (noun)
  The noun ALLUSIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. a quality characterized by indirect referenceplay

  Familiarity information: ALLUSIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALLUSIVENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A quality characterized by indirect reference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("allusiveness" is a kind of...):

indirectness (having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal)

Derivation:

allusive (characterized by indirect references)


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