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Reminiscence

//ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs.əns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly. countable, uncountable

    "Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence."

  2. 2
    the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) wordnet
  3. 3
    A mental image thus remembered. countable, uncountable

    "Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones)."

  4. 4
    a mental impression retained and recalled from the past wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin reminīscentiae (“remembrances”), from Latin reminīscēns, present active participle of reminīscor (“remember”); see reminiscent.

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