flashback

flash·back

noun \ˈflash-ˌbak\

Definition of FLASHBACK

1

: a recession of flame to an unwanted position (as into a blowpipe)

2

a : interruption of chronological sequence (as in a film or literary work) by interjection of events of earlier occurrence; also : an instance of flashback b : a past incident recurring vividly in the mind

Examples of FLASHBACK

1. The character's childhood was described in a series of flashbacks.
2. He's having flashbacks of his days in the war.

First Known Use of FLASHBACK

1903

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

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