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origin story
[ awr-i-jin stawr-ee, or-i-jin ]
noun
- a backstory, or established background narrative, that informs the identity and motivations of heroes and villains in a comic book or similar fictional work:
The superhero’s origin story begins with a tragic accident that left him scarred, but also resulted in his supernatural powers.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of origin story1
Example Sentences
The origin story Halili gave the Christian-themed magazine Relevant for a January profile makes the decision to start the podcast sound impulsive.
Paul Dano portrayed the Riddler in the 2022 movie ‘The Batman,’ then examined the character’s origin story in a comic book series.
Like a detective, she’s always on the lookout for contradictory gospels about Jesus’ origin story.
The second installment in the Dionne family saga, which is a kind of origin story in which we see how Babs came to run Little Canada’s underworld, is done.
She earned a grant from UCLA, spent a week in Rancho Cordova interviewing him and learned his immigrant story echoed her own Korean parents’ origin story.
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