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Answer for the clue "A quality characterized by indirect reference ", 12 letters:
allusiveness

Word definitions for allusiveness in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a quality characterized by indirect reference

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being allusive.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Allusiveness \Al*lu"sive*ness\, n. The quality of being allusive.

Usage examples of allusiveness.

In the dinner-table scene where Van and Ada talk of translation, the two youngsters are not yet lovers, but their highly ornate allusiveness in referring to Rimbaud and Marvell rudely excludes Marina from the conversation.