A brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, or movement. “The Waste Land,” T. S. Eliot’s influential long poem is dense with allusions. The title of Seamu [..]

An allusion is an indirect reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, religion, mythology, politics, sport, science, pop culture, etc. For example: The George M. Cohan song " [..]

1540s, from Latin allusionem (nominative allusio) "a playing with, a reference to," noun of action from past participle stem of alludere (see allude). An allusion is never an outright or exp [..]

A casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification. Allusions can originate in mythology, biblical references, historic [..]

passing reference or indirect mention (allude) make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" An allusion is a figure of speec [..]

n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.

a brief, often implicit and indirect reference within a literary text to something outside the text, whether another text (e.g., the Bible, a myth, another literary work, a painting, or a piece of mus [..]

in a work of literature is a reference, explicit or implicit, to a person, place, or event or to another literary work or passage.

A brief or implicit reference to something outside the text.

– A-LOU-SHUN The inclusion in a poem of identifiable elements from other sources. The allusion can be used to display knowledge, exclude the unknowledgeable reader, or to add richness and depth to the [..]

A reference to an idea, place, person or text (or part of a text) existing outside the literary work.

a reference to specific places, persons, literary characters or historical events known to the reader that, by some association, have come to stand for a certain thing or an idea. The Three Graces of [..]

A deliberate and implicit reference to a person or event, or a work of art which draws on knowledge and experiences shared by the composer and responder.

a reference to an historical event, aspect of culture, character or content in a piece of literature, or other widely known type of information to convey a feeling, idea, or image; serves to convey in [..]

 a reference to a person, event, or work outside the poem or literary piece Example

A causal and brief reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event: You must borrow me Gargantua's mouth first. 'Tis a word too great for any mouth of this age's size. --Shakespeare

a direct or indirect reference - through an image or through dialogue - to the Bible, a classic, a person, a place, an external and/or real-life event, another film, or a well-known cultural idea Exam [..]

A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication. A metaphor; parable.

  a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature. Allusions are often indirect or brief references to well-known characters or events. Specific examples of allusions can be found throughout Dante's Inferno. In a passage, Dante alludes to the Greek mythological figures, Phaethon and Icarus, [..]

A brief figurative or symbolic reference in a literary text usually made indirectly to a familiar person, place, thing, or event outside the text or to another literary work or passage in it. Allusion [..]

Where a poem makes reference to another poem or text. For example, the 14th line of The Prelude by William Wordsworth 'The earth was all before me' alludes to one of the final lines of Parad [..]

(n) passing reference or indirect mention

An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.