backstory
Americannoun
plural
backstories-
a narrative providing a history or background context, especially for a character or situation in a literary work, film, or dramatic series.
Etymology
Origin of backstory
1980–85; back 1 ( def. ) + story 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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There’s a glut of backstory in “Unread,” steeped in the self-help language of authors like Eckhart Tolle and Eric Thomas—indeed, both of those writers are featured here.
Even at that point, Jones still believed Vernice and Annie might just be part of a larger backstory, perhaps parents to protagonists she had yet to conjure.
From Los Angeles Times
And also she gave a little bit of the backstory of a moment I’ve always been curious about.
From Los Angeles Times
His Sonny, a Texas evangel with a devoted flock, is deeply flawed — to watch the way his wife flinches when he approaches her tells its own sad backstory.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike other Japanese exports such as Pokemon, there is little backstory to the character of Hello Kitty.
From BBC
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