英和和英

語源

Blend of flashback +‎ forward

名詞

flashforward (plural flashforwards)

1. (narratology) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
   • 2013, “Depp’s Tonto: an upgrade on a stereotype or just an updated stereotype?”, in The Washington Post‎:

     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."

動詞

flashforward (third-person singular simple present flashforwards, present participle flashforwarding, simple past and past participle flashforwarded)

1. To use this dramatic device.

参考

• flashback

アナグラム

• half forwards