Reminiscence
Reminiscence [ rem-uh’-NIS-uh’ ns ] | |
[ noun ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. recollection of certain ideas that may have been known in a prior existence 2. a remembrance, recollection or memory of something experienced in the past 3. one that reminds of or is suggestive of another | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
His reminiscence of past happenings spooked his family. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
It might seem quite natural for the elderly to often slip happily into reminiscence but living in the past could indicate dissatisfactionwith the present, says psychologists. |
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