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re-experiencing

re-experiencing

6.6
A feeling of remembering a past event as if it is happening again
  • noun
  • /ˌriːɪkˈspɪəriənsiŋ/
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  • Through meditation, she found herself re-experiencing the joy of her childhood vacations.

Examples

  • And they are, they're able to reframe the experience now because they're re experiencing it, but with a sense of control.

  • Memory is our way of reliving our past experiences and re experiencing our time.

  • In therapy, he described how re-experiencing the trauma helped him process his feelings.

  • The film encouraged viewers to re-experiencing the emotions of their own past relationships.

Synonyms

recollection
vsre-experiencing
116 3.8

A memory of something from the past or the act of remembering it

is the active act of undergoing past experience rather than a single recalled fact
flashback
vsre-experiencing
  • Specialized
45 6.5

A sudden strong memory that makes you feel you are living the past

is a broader term for undergoing past events not limited to sudden returns
reminiscence
vsre-experiencing
9 6.0

A memory of something from the past

is more immediate and emotional than quiet reflective thinking about the past
reliving
vsre-experiencing
1 5.5

Experiencing a past event or feeling again in your mind

is the general act of undergoing past events again not only vivid
remembering
vsre-experiencing
1 1.0

Thinking about events or experiences from the past

is more about actually undergoing past feelings rather than just recalling facts
retrospection
vsre-experiencing
1 6.7

A time when someone thinks about past events

is a more direct redoing of past experiences rather than reflective thinking
re-experience
vsre-experiencing
5.2

A return of a past feeling or memory in your mind

is the ongoing process of undergoing past experiences rather than one instance

Antonyms

11 3.5

A habit of not remembering things like names or keys

How Vivid

flashback
  • Specialized
45 6.5
re-experiencing
6.6
recollection
116 3.8
memory
1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

re-experiencing = re-experience (transparent) = re + experience + ing

Adding '-ing' to the verb 're-experience' straightforwardly forms a noun for the act or process.

Etymology

Re-experiencing breaks into the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the word experience meaning 'to live through or feel', so it literally means 'living through' a past event again in your memory or emotions, like a mental replay.