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REMINISCENCE
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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)
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.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
