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backshadowing

backshadowing noun: a literary device in which an author shows how an event that already occurred affects the future. Also the present participle and gerund of backshadow.

Noun

backshadowing (countable and uncountable, plural backshadowings)

  1. A literary device in which an author shows how an event that already occurred affects the future.

Also used as

backshadowing is also the present participle and gerund of backshadow.

Forms of backshadowing

pluralbackshadowings

Questions about backshadowing

What does backshadowing mean?
Backshadowing means a literary device in which an author shows how an event that already occurred affects the future.
What part of speech is backshadowing?
Backshadowing is a noun.
What is the plural of backshadowing?
The plural of backshadowing is backshadowings.

Words near backshadowing in the dictionary

  1. backsettlers
  2. backsey
  3. backseys
  4. backshadow
  5. backshadowed
  6. backshadowing
  7. backshadowings
  8. backshadows
  9. Backshall
  10. backshee
  11. backshees

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