REMINISCENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

Example:

he has total recall of the episode

Synonyms:

recall; recollection; reminiscence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("reminiscence" is a kind of...):

memory; remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reminiscence"):

mind (recall or remembrance)

reconstruction; reconstructive memory (recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall)

reproduction; reproductive memory (recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall)

regurgitation (recall after rote memorization)

Derivation:

reminisce (recall the past)

reminiscent (serving to bring to mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mental impression retained and recalled from the past

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("reminiscence" is a kind of...):

memory (something that is remembered)

Derivation:

reminisce (recall the past)

reminiscent (serving to bring to mind)

Credits

Context examples:

I thank Providence, who watched over you, that she then spent her fury on your wedding apparel, which perhaps brought back vague reminiscences of her own bridal days: but on what might have happened, I cannot endure to reflect.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"Don't talk any more of those days, sir," I interrupted, furtively dashing away some tears from my eyes; his language was torture to me; for I knew what I must do—and do soon—and all these reminiscences, and these revelations of his feelings only made my work more difficult.