ALLUSIVENESS

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 I. (noun) 

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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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