Impression and Setting

Impression

Impression noun - A perceptible trace left by pressure.

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Setting and impression are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Impression".

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Impression and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Impression" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

good	good impression	good setting
similar	similar impression	similar setting
public	public impression	public setting
complete	complete impression	complete setting
Other adjectives: original, initial, proper, real, serious, interesting, major, fantastic, general, possible, different, overall.

Flash to a recruitment campaign with the idealised setting and the impression that killing bugs on Pluto would be a walk in the park.

Source: Recruiters Always Lie
Due to their frequent role as narrators and Point of View characters, a protagonist's perspective tends to make an impression on the work more than any other character's — their thoughts will overlap with narration, their feelings will shape the setting, and their priorities will dictate the plot.

Source: Protagonist-Centered Morality
This is a galactic government that loses worlds to filing errors, and by the setting's present the general impression is that the Imperium is in its final decline.

Source: Dystopia Is Hard

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