Definition of Allusion. Meaning of Allusion. Synonyms of Allusion

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Definition of Allusion

Allusion
Allusion Al*lu"sion, n. [L. allusio, fr. alludere to allude: cf. F. allusion.] 1. A figurative or symbolical reference. [Obs.] 2. A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

Meaning of Allusion from wikipedia

- Allusion, or alluding, is a figure of speech that makes a reference to someone or something by name (a person, object, location, etc.) without explaining...
- The Allusions were an Australian rock group, which formed in late 1965. They released a self-titled studio album in January 1967 via EMI/Parlophone. Their...
- eclecticism in art. Allusion is not pastiche. A literary allusion may refer to another work, but it does not reiterate it. Allusion requires the audience...
- either through deliberate compositional strategies such as quotation, allusion, calque, plagiarism, translation, pastiche or parody, or by interconnections...
- Edgar Allan Poe. Blues Traveler's 1995 hit "Run-Around" opens with an allusion to the opening line of "The Raven": "Once upon a midnight dreary". Lou...
- used in the arts, where one author or artist shows respect to another by allusion or imitation; this is often spelled like and pronounced similar to the...
- Part I is probably responsible for the greatest number of political allusions. One of the most commonly noted parallels is that the wars between Lilliput...
- The song's title is an allusion to an ad from Watchmen, reading "Oh, how the ghost of you clings". The ad itself was an allusion to the song, "These Foolish...
- guide. The title of Yann Martel's 2010 novel Beatrice and Virgil is an allusion to two of the main characters in The Divine Comedy. Sylvain Reynards' 2011...
- often ****ociated with guilt or shame) that feels like a curse. It is an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798)...