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redemptive arcs

redemptive arcs is the plural of redemptive arc.

Meaning of redemptive arc

Noun

redemptive arc (plural redemptive arcs)

  1. Synonym of redemption arc (“story arc wherein an immoral character redeems themselves and makes right for their wrongdoings”).
    • A grim social-realist drama from New Zealand that labors to twist its narrative into a redemptive arc, “The Justice of Bunny King” has an unsteady tone to match its ungainly title.2022 September 29, Ben Kenigsberg, “‘The Justice of Bunny King’ Review: No Way Out”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    redemption arc
  2. (broadly) Synonym of redemption arc (“series of actions or events by which a person makes right for their past failures, errors, or wrongdoings”).
    • For Manis, the league is an opportunity to course-correct a career beleaguered by bumps and false starts. She is joined by women at various stages of their basketball careers, many focused on redemptive arcs of their own.2022 February 23, Tamryn Spruill, “Women’s Basketball Players Get a New Lifeline, Close to Home”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    redemption arc

Questions about redemptive arcs

What is redemptive arcs the plural of?
Redemptive arcs is the plural of redemptive arc.

Words near redemptive arcs in the dictionary

  1. redemptionists
  2. redemptionless
  3. redemptions
  4. redemptive
  5. redemptive arc
  6. redemptive arcs
  7. redemptively
  8. redemptiveness
  9. redemptor
  10. redemptorial
  11. Redemptorist

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