verbal overshadowing

noun

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

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Meanings

nounverbal overshadowing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe situation where considering something in verbal terms reduces one's visual or other memory of the thing.
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