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reminiscence

[ rem-uh-nis-uhns ]

noun

  1. the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc.

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  2. a mental impression retained and revived.

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  3. Often reminiscences. a recollection narrated or told:

    reminiscences of an American soldier.

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  4. something that recalls or suggests something else.

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  5. (in Platonic philosophy) anamnesis ( def 2 ).


reminiscence

/ ˌɛɪˈɪəԲ /

noun

  1. the act of recalling or narrating past experiences
  2. often plural some past experience, event, etc, that is recalled or narrated; anecdote
  3. an event, phenomenon, or experience that reminds one of something else
  4. (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
  5. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of reminiscence1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Middle French, from Late Latin reminiscentia, from reminiscent-, stem of 𳾾ԾŧԲ “remembering” ( reminiscent ) + -ia -y 3( def )
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But between reminiscences, Bryan and Underwood shared a few hush-hush words about the future.

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“I don’t want to stand here five years from now and reminiscence about an industry that has left us.”

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Netflix acquired “Cobra Kai” around the same time our mania for “Stranger Things” confirmed how lucrative selling reminiscence will always be.

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Today's funeral for former President Jimmy Carter follows nearly two weeks of reminiscence about the legacy of the Georgia Democrat who held the White House for one term in the late '70s.

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Instead it’s something rare: a reminiscence from a remarkably well-adjusted and good-humored former child star that still manages to tell some tales about what he calls “the shark-infested waters of show business.”

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