How to pronounce “backstory”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.
• (chiefly espionage, law enforcement) A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives.

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