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allusion
[ə'lu:ʒ(ə)n]
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bible.term.
אלוזיה
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רמיזה
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allusion
[ə'lu:ʒ(ə)n]
n
lit.
A casual reference to any aspect of another piece of literature, art, music, person or life in general. Authors suppose that the reader will identify the original source and relate the meaning to the new context. An example of allusion is TS. Eliot's The Waste Land.
see also
intertextuality
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