Bright lights that shine on a specific spot or person, or to highlight something to make it more noticeable.
From 'spot' + 'light', literally meaning light focused on a spot. The theatrical device became common in the late 1800s with electric lighting.
Spotlights were invented for theater, but now the 'spotlight effect' is a psychology term—people vastly overestimate how much others notice them, thinking they're always in the spotlight when they're really not.
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