Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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flashback | Yes | No | No | No |
flash-forward | Yes | No | No | No |
flashback (noun) | flash-forward (noun) |
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a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story | a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story |
an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier) |