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legacy Oscar

legacy Oscar noun: an Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the awardee's career and performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated.

Noun

legacy Oscar (plural legacy Oscars)

  1. An Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the awardee's career and performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated.
    • Scanning the recent slates of winners, the legacy Oscar appears more and more frequently; even the most dedicated Jessica Chastain fans (also known as “Chastainiacs”) would have a hard time calling The Eyes of Tammy Faye her finest hour, but she’d accrued a reputation as an altogether deserving...2023, Charles Bramesco, A brief history of the “legacy Oscar” and its winners, Little White Lies

Forms of legacy Oscar

plurallegacy Oscars

Questions about legacy Oscar

What does legacy Oscar mean?
Legacy Oscar means an Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the awardee's career and performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated.
What part of speech is legacy Oscar?
Legacy Oscar is a noun.
What is the plural of legacy Oscar?
The plural of legacy Oscar is legacy Oscars.

Words near legacy Oscar in the dictionary

  1. legacy
  2. legacy code
  3. legacy hunter
  4. legacy hunters
  5. legacy media
  6. legacy Oscar
  7. legacy Oscars
  8. legacy press
  9. legacy sequel
  10. legacy sequels
  11. legacy student

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