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verbal overshadowing

verbal overshadowing noun: the situation where considering something in verbal terms reduces one's visual or other memory of the thing.

Noun

verbal overshadowing (uncountable)

  1. The situation where considering something in verbal terms reduces one's visual or other memory of the thing.

Questions about verbal overshadowing

What does verbal overshadowing mean?
Verbal overshadowing means the situation where considering something in verbal terms reduces one's visual or other memory of the thing.
What part of speech is verbal overshadowing?
Verbal overshadowing is a noun.

Words near verbal overshadowing in the dictionary

  1. verbal humiliation
  2. verbal note
  3. verbal notes
  4. verbal noun
  5. verbal nouns
  6. verbal overshadowing
  7. verbal participle
  8. verbal participles
  9. verbal substantive
  10. verbal substantives
  11. verbaled

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