backshadowing

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noun

A literary device in which an author shows how an event that already occurred affects the future.

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Meanings

nounbackshadowing (countable and uncountable, plural backshadowings)

plural backshadowings

  1. countableuncountableliteratureA literary device in which an author shows how an event that already occurred affects the future.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of backshadow
Cite this entry
APA

backshadowing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshadowing

MLA

“backshadowing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshadowing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backshadowing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backshadowing.

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