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Webster 1913 Edition
Reminiscence
Remˊi-nis′cence
(r?mˊ?-n?s′sens)
, Noun.
[F.
réminiscence
, L. reminiscentia
.] 1.
The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.
The other part of memory, called
reminiscence
, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered. South.
I forgive your want of
reminiscence
, since it is long since I saw you. Sir W. Scott.
2.
That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection;
as, pleasing or painful
. reminiscences
Syn. – Remembrance; recollection. See
Memory
. Webster 1828 Edition
Reminiscence
REMINIS'CENCE
,Noun.
1.
That faculty of the mind by which ideas formerly received into it, but forgotten, are recalled or revived in the memory.2.
Recollection; recovery of ideas that had escaped from the memory.Definition 2024
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See also: réminiscence
English
Noun
reminiscence (plural reminiscences)
- An act of remembering long-past experiences, often fondly.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
- Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.
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- A mental image thus remembered.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- flashback - memory of trauma
Related terms
Translations
act of remembering
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mental image
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See also
External links
- reminiscence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- reminiscence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911