Meaning

2 senses

  1. The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.

    What’s the backstory of our new colleague?

    Backstory, Hintergrundgeschichte, Vorgeschichte

    предысто́рияpredystórija

    передісто́ріяperedistórija

  2. A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives.

    леге́ндаlegénda

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
previous experiences and life of a person:
Русский
By meaning 2
previous experiences and life of a person:
fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
previous experiences and life of a person:

Origin

From back- (prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’) + story.

From back- (prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’) + story.

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Forms

plural: backstories

Synonyms

2 synonyms
cover storybackground story

See also

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