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Allusiveness   Listen
Allusiveness

noun
1.
A quality characterized by indirect reference.





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... in all its essentials ancient and human, like the name of Charing Cross. Linger for two or three hours at a station bookstall (as I am doing), and you will find that it gradually takes on the grandeur and historic allusiveness of the Vatican or Bodleian Library. The novelty is all superficial; the tradition is all interior and profound. The DAILY MAIL has new editions, but never a new idea. Everything in a newspaper ...
— Tremendous Trifles • G. K. Chesterton


Words linked to "Allusiveness" :   allusive, indirectness


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