reminiscence
Americannoun
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the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc.
- Synonyms:
- recollection
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a mental impression retained and revived.
- Synonyms:
- memory
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Often reminiscences. a recollection narrated or told.
reminiscences of an American soldier.
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something that recalls or suggests something else.
- Synonyms:
- reminder
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(in Platonic philosophy) anamnesis.
noun
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the act of recalling or narrating past experiences
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(often plural) some past experience, event, etc, that is recalled or narrated; anecdote
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an event, phenomenon, or experience that reminds one of something else
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(in the philosophy of Plato) the doctrine that perception and recognition of particulars is possible because the mind has seen the universal forms of all things in a previous disembodied existence
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psychol the ability to perform a task better when tested some time after the task has been learnt than when tested immediately after learning it
Etymology
Origin of reminiscence
First recorded in 1580–90; from Middle French, from Late Latin reminiscentia, from reminiscent-, stem of reminiscēns “remembering” ( reminiscent ) + -ia -y 3 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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There are reminiscences about the past, but no sense of the weight of lived experience.
From New York Times
She juggles reminiscence, fantasy, sociopolitical analysis and philosophical reflections as easily as she wanders in and out of pop structures, Minimalist drones and ambient assemblages.
From New York Times
Even more than before, the new mix of scrapbook and reminiscence provides a nostalgia-laden glimpse of American science fiction in its heyday, the half century following World War II.
From Washington Post
His reminiscences are interwoven with scenes from his adult life.
From New York Times
And there were reminiscences about first encounters with Sondheim, and of high school performances.
From New York Times
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