1. coded - Adjective
2. coded - Verb
Encoded; written in code or cipher.
(fiction, slang) Portrayed in a way that suggests or resembles having a specific trait or inspiration, without being officially explicity stated as having that trait.
The character comes across as being female-coded.
coded
simple past and past participle of code
Morals: They're nothing but a coded survival instinct! Theodore Sturgeon
The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think. Vanessa Redgrave
We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released. Jean Houston
During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. John le Carré
Careful listening to current country and western and rock music with the help of an interpreter for coded phrases shows that young people are hearing a constant stream of messages about getting high, feeling good, going on trips, and using drugs of all kinds with all methods. Virgil Miller Newton
I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world. Russell Baker