'Reminiscence' definitions:
Definition of 'reminiscence'
(from WordNet)
noun
A mental impression retained and recalled from the past
noun
The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" [syn: recall, recollection, reminiscence]
Definition of 'Reminiscence'
From: GCIDE
- Reminiscence \Rem`i*nis"cence\ (r?m`?-n?s"sens), n. [F. r['e]miniscence, L. reminiscentia.]
- 1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory. [1913 Webster]
- The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered. --South. [1913 Webster]
- I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Remembrance; recollection. See Memory. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reminiscence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anamnesis,
- anecdotes,
- commitment to memory,
- exercise of memory,
- flashback,
- hindsight,
- learning by heart,
- looking back,
- memoir,
- memoirs,
- memories,
- memorization,
- memorizing,
- memory,
- recall,
- recalling,
- recollecting,
- recollection,
- reconsideration,
- reexperiencing,
- reflection,
- reflections,
- reliving,
- remembering,
- remembrance,
- retrospect,
- retrospection,
- review,
- revival,
- rote,
- rote memory,
- study,
- youth