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spotlight effect

spotlight effect noun: the phenomenon by which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are.

Noun

spotlight effect (plural spotlight effects)

  1. The phenomenon by which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are.

Forms of spotlight effect

pluralspotlight effects

Questions about spotlight effect

What does spotlight effect mean?
Spotlight effect means the phenomenon by which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are.
What part of speech is spotlight effect?
Spotlight effect is a noun.
What is the plural of spotlight effect?
The plural of spotlight effect is spotlight effects.

Words near spotlight effect in the dictionary

  1. spotless starlings
  2. spotlesse
  3. spotlessly
  4. spotlessness
  5. spotlight
  6. spotlight effect
  7. spotlight effects
  8. spotlighted
  9. spotlighter
  10. spotlighters
  11. spotlighting

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