NOUN | communication | flashback | a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene / scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story |
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event | flashback | an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier) |
Sounds | flae'shbae.k | |
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Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... |
Meaning | A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene / scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story. | |
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Category | literature | creative writing of recognized / recognized artistic value |
Broader | transition | A passage that connects a topic to one that follows |
Opposite | flash-forward | A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene / scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story |
Spanish | analepsis, flashback, retrovisión | |
Verbs | flash back | return in time |
Meaning | An unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier). | |
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Broader | recurrence, return | happening / happening / happening again (especially at regular intervals) |
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