flashforward
verbEtymology Blend of flashback + forward.
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To use this dramatic device.
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- flashback
flashforward
nounEtymology Blend of flashback + forward.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Narratology, Sciences A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
- This "Lone Ranger" begins and ends in a flash-forward, with an elderly Tonto installed in a carnival diorama behind a sign that reads "The Noble Savage."2013, “Depp’s Tonto: an upgrade on a stereotype or just an updated stereotype?”, in The Washington Post: