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Definition of Reminiscence

1. Noun. A mental impression retained and recalled from the past.

2. Noun. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort). "He has total recall of the episode"

Definition of Reminiscence

1. n. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

Definition of Reminiscence

1. Noun. An act of remembering long-past experiences, often fondly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reminiscence

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Reminiscence

1. In the psychology of learning, an improvement in recall, over that shown on the last trial, of incompletely learned material after an interval without practice. Origin: L. Reminiscentiae, from reminiscor, to remember (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reminiscence

reminding reminds remineralisation remineralise remineralised remineralises remineralising remineralization remineralizations remineralize

remineralized remineralizes remineralizing reminisce reminisced reminiscence (current term) reminiscences reminiscencies reminiscency reminiscent

reminiscent aura reminiscent of(p) reminiscential reminiscently reminiscents reminiscer reminiscers reminisces reminiscing remint

Literary usage of Reminiscence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving by Bram Stoker (1907)
"This reminiscence of one who was a close friend and who had kept and valued for more than fifty years ... AN EARLY reminiscence OF SIR HENRY IRVING BY MR. ..."

2. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1885)
"ARTICLE III—A reminiscence OF TUTOR WILLIAM A. HUTCHISON. ... I have only a personal reminiscence to give of him, as one of the best teachers I ever knew. ..."

3. Casket of Reminiscences by Henry Stuart Foote (1874)
"reminiscence No. XXXII. JOHN A. QUITMAN—SECESSION ... consequences which have flowed therefrom, than those of the subject of the present reminiscence. ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"reminiscence THOUGH I am native to this frozen zone That half the twelvemonth torpid lies, or dead; Though the cold azure arching overhead And the ..."

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