reminiscence

noun

rem·i·nis·cence ˌre-mə-ˈni-sᵊn(t)s

Synonyms of reminiscence next

: apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence

: recall to mind of a long-forgotten experience or fact

: the process or practice of thinking or telling about past experiences

: a remembered experience

: an account of a memorable experience

—often used in plural

: something so like another as to be regarded as an unconscious repetition, imitation, or survival

Choose the Right Synonym for reminiscence

memory, remembrance, recollection, reminiscence mean the capacity for or the act of remembering, or the thing remembered.

memory applies both to the power of remembering and to what is remembered.

gifted with a remarkable memory

that incident was now just a distant memory

remembrance applies to the act of remembering or the fact of being remembered.

any remembrance of his deceased wife was painful

recollection adds an implication of consciously bringing back to mind often with some effort.

after a moment's recollection he produced the name

reminiscence suggests the recalling of usually pleasant incidents, experiences, or feelings from a remote past.

my grandmother's reminiscences of her Iowa girlhood

Examples of reminiscence in a Sentence

his reminiscences about the war were painful to hear we wondered whether she could trust her reminiscence of events that happened so long ago

Recent Examples on the Web Wall texts explain the longer titles with personal reminiscences whose links to the paintings are not visually evident. —

Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023 On the surface, there is a tender reminiscence to the piece, her careful, sweeping brushwork obscuring the faces and giving the painting the look of something barely perceptible and out of reach. —

Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023 Music can also be included in reminiscence therapy, which uses personal items like old photos and special objects to help people with dementia conjure up memories. —

Valerie Debenedette, Verywell Health, 1 Feb. 2023 One reason for this is that people tend to be marked most by events in their adolescence or young adulthood—a phenomenon known as the reminiscence bump. —

Laura Spinney, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2020 To assist in the process of immersive reminiscence therapy for people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, the adult day care center is designed to look like small town San Diego of yesteryear. —

Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023 The Decatur Daily News has a good, detailed reminiscence of the event, as does the University of Alabama. —

Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2013 The audience, which is to say the consumer, is the unacknowledged additional character in all of these films, which proffer chummy reminiscences that also play like complicity. —

Vulture, 12 May 2023 Amidst the reminiscences of Grotto’s Pizza, Shapiro interrupts to give a shout to the excellent Sixers blog Rights to Ricky Sanchez. —

Ian Cohen, SPIN, 17 Apr. 2023 See More

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