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reminiscence

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsəns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌrɛməˈnɪsəns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rem′ə nis′əns)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
rem•i•nis•cence /ˌrɛməˈnɪsəns/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc.: [uncountable]an evening of reminiscence.[countable]reminiscences of early days.
  2. Often, reminiscences. [plural] an account of memorable experiences.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rem•i•nis•cence  (rem′ə nis′əns),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc.
  2. a mental impression retained and revived.
  3. Often, reminiscences. a recollection narrated or told:reminiscences of an American soldier.
  4. something that recalls or suggests something else.
  5. Philosophy(in Platonic philosophy) anamnesis (def. 2).
  • Late Latin reminiscentia. See reminiscent, -ence
  • Middle French
  • 1580–90
    1. recollection. 2. memory. 3. anecdote, tale, memoir. 4. reminder.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
reminiscence /ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsəns/ n
  1. the act of recalling or narrating past experiences
  2. (often plural) some past experience, event, etc, that is recalled or narrated; anecdote
  3. an event, phenomenon, or experience that reminds one of something else
  4. (in the philosophy of Plato) the doctrine that perception and recognition of particulars is possible because the mind has seen the universal forms of all things in a previous disembodied existence
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