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backshadowings

backshadowings is the plural of backshadowing.

Meaning of backshadowing

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.

Questions about backshadowings

What is backshadowings the plural of?
Backshadowings is the plural of backshadowing.

Words near backshadowings in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backshadowings (page history and authors); backshadowing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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