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sideshadowing

sideshadowing noun: a literary technique that uses references not in the current text. Also the present participle and gerund of sideshadow.

Noun

sideshadowing (uncountable)

  1. A literary technique that uses references not in the current text.

Also used as

sideshadowing is also the present participle and gerund of sideshadow.

Questions about sideshadowing

What does sideshadowing mean?
Sideshadowing means a literary technique that uses references not in the current text.
What part of speech is sideshadowing?
Sideshadowing is a noun.

Words near sideshadowing in the dictionary

  1. sidescrolling
  2. sideseam
  3. sideseams
  4. sideshadow
  5. sideshadowed
  6. sideshadowing
  7. sideshadows
  8. sideshoot
  9. sideshooted
  10. sideshooting
  11. sideshoots

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