backstory
or back sto·ry
a narrative providing a history or background context, especially for a character or situation in a literary work, film, or dramatic series.
Origin of backstory
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How to use backstory in a sentence
Expanding on biblical details and creating backstories and sequels to biblical episodes was common practice in the ancient world.
All of these shows make backstories and the human element of the contestants a big part of the telecast.
Nigel Lythgoe on How to Save Reality TV, ‘On the Town,’ and ‘Brokeback Ballroom’ | Kevin Fallon | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn more ways than one, the tableaux have macabre backstories.
Keeping patients, love interests, backstories and co-workers straight can be trying at times.
A Bar of Paranoid Schizos: Robert Boswell’s ‘Tumbledown’ | Drew Toal | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe now know most of these folks are ghosts and I do find their backstories really crazy-fun-interesting.
British Dictionary definitions for back story
the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
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