reminiscence
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- noun
- /ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsəns/
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reminiscencia
- These haven't been those sort of dreadfully polite, gentle reminiscences that these have been, I think, really fairly loaded.
- reminiscence therapy
- personal reminiscences
- childhood reminiscences
OK, so Next up we have Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefev.
- OK, so Next up we have Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefev.
- To use nostalgia as a lost, as a reminiscence of a lost past is silly.
- These haven't been those sort of dreadfully polite, gentle reminiscences that these have been, I think, really fairly loaded.
Examples
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John King published his reminiscences of the Civil War era almost four decades after the conflict.
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During our family reunion, we shared many joyful reminiscences of our childhood adventures.
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That is like the reminiscence of being away.
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What's it about, your reminiscence?
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More than anything else, he thought, reminiscence held all possibility of romance.
Fiction book (1999) -
Many of them provide special insights through reminiscence, but they often lack analysis and documentation.
Academic text (1991) -
So that is my little reminiscence about Christmas time among the Lemrese.
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No doubt you both have pleasant reminiscences of your school days to talk together.
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The next bit of reminiscence is about Swidler's involvement with Catholic Church reform.
Academic text (2015) -
Newspaper articles, reminiscences, and interviews report case after case of people in the Dust Bowl expressing the same forebodings.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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A thing you remember from the past
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A memory of something from the past or the act of remembering it
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The act of thinking about past events to understand them
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Ability to remember things you learned
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An event from a person's life that they can remember
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Experiencing a past event or feeling again in your mind
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Thinking about events or experiences from the past
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A time when someone thinks about past events
The ability to remember events from the past
An act that honors people or events from the past
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Etymology
Reminiscence comes from Latin parts re- 'again' and mem- 'to remember', the same root you see in memory and remember. So a reminiscence is simply a memory or the act of remembering something from the past.