hidden messages
- codedConverted to symbols
- crypticObscure in meaning
- subliminalBelow threshold of awareness
- encryptedTransformed into cipher
- secretConcealed information
cipher · steganography · invisible ink · whisper · subtext · between the lines · concealed · veiled · disguised · undertone · double meaning · symbolism · clues · puzzle · decode · riddle · conspiracy · embedded
- secrecy in arthidden meanings, hidden figures
- puzzles & codescryptogram, codes, puzzles, ciphers, anagrams
- secret codescipher, secret code, secret codes, code word, password
- literature curiositieslast words, unfinished works, apocrypha, marginalia, ghost writers
- Shakespeare mysterieslost years
- art in fiction
visibility/explicitness
hidden messagesopen communication
Unrestricted exchange of information
plain text · public announcements · explicit content · surface meaning · open letters
intentionality of concealment
hidden messagesfull disclosure
Withholding no information
straight talk · laying cards on the table · telling it like it is · wearing one's heart on one's sleeve
interpretive demand
hidden messagesliteral meaning
Exact, non-figurative interpretation
surface meaning · face value · what you see is what you get · plain language · spelled out