legacy Oscar

noun

An Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the awardee's career and performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated.

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Meanings

nounlegacy Oscar (plural legacy Oscars)

plural legacy Oscars

  1. broadcastingAn Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the awardee's career and performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated.
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    Scanning the recent slates of winners, the legacy Oscar appears more and more frequently; even the most dedicated Jessica Chastain fans (also known as “Chastainiacs”) would have a hard time calling The Eyes of Tammy Faye her finest hour, but she’d accrued a reputation as an altogether deserving thespian by that point in her career, and that was enough.

    2023, Charles Bramesco, A brief history of the “legacy Oscar” and its winners, Little White Lies
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APA

legacy Oscar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legacy%20Oscar

MLA

“legacy Oscar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legacy%20Oscar. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legacy Oscar,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legacy%20Oscar.

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