"backshadowing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: backshadowings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} backshadowing (countable and uncountable, plural backshadowings)
  1. (literature) A literary device in which an author shows how an event that already occurred affects the future. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-backshadowing-en-noun-T1QpzhxC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Topics: literature, media, publishing

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} backshadowing
  1. present participle and gerund of backshadow Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: backshadow Related terms: foreshadowing, sideshadowing
    Sense id: en-backshadowing-en-verb-8gOIPB-y

Inflected forms

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