ALLUSION Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

allusion

noun

Definition of allusion

as in reference

a statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly The lyrics contain biblical allusions.

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Recent Examples of allusion The suggestion that Romy could lose everything at any moment is reaffirmed by Samuel’s dialogue and a pointed conversation with an older male power player in her company who makes allusions to knowing what happened with her (now former) intern near the end of the film. —Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024 The incoming administration has made several allusions to the use of ZBB, which theoretically allows the government to clean the slate and determine which activities to fund versus simply adopting last year’s funding level, adjusting for inflation, and budgeting from there. —Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 The film, a sequined hat on a hat on a hat, can feel a bit overburdened by literary allusions. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2025 With his ample, erroneous allusions to scholarship and appeals to authority, Kennedy has perfected the art of the Gish Gallop: a debate strategy in which the speaker simply overwhelms the listener with information, not all of it true. —Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for allusion