Meaning & use
foregrounding
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The act of bringing something to the most prominent or noticeable position, emphasizing it above other elements.
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The director's use of close-ups had the effect of foregrounding the actress's emotions.
The report focuses on foregrounding the voices of frontline workers.
A note on using this word
Widely used in literary criticism and linguistics to describe how a text draws attention to certain words or devices by making them stand out from the norm.
Words with a similar meaning
emphasizinghighlighting
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Words with an opposite meaning
backgroundingobscuring
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