Reminiscence Definition

rĕmə-nĭsəns
reminiscences
noun
reminiscences
The act of remembering or recollecting past experiences.
Webster's New World
An experience or event recollected.
American Heritage
A memory or recollection.
Webster's New World
A narration of past experiences.
American Heritage
An account, written or spoken, of remembered experiences.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Reminiscence

Noun

Singular:
reminiscence
Plural:
reminiscences

Origin of Reminiscence

  • From Late Latin reminÄ«scentiae (“remembrances"), from Latin reminÄ«scÄ“ns, present active participle of reminÄ«scor (“remember"); see reminiscent.

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Reminiscence Sentence Examples

  • In other cases early costumes are preserved only as a historical reminiscence at festivities.

  • In this tradition there is a reminiscence of the fact that the Lycians had been sea-rovers before their settlement in Lycia.

  • The strains of the polonaise, which had continued for a considerable time, had begun to sound like a sad reminiscence to Natasha's ears.

  • The race of Pelops for his wife may be a reminiscence of the early practice of marriage by capture.

  • The notice in the Chronicon Paschale preserves one slight reminiscence of the historical facts, namely, that Hippolytus's episcopal see was situated at Portus near Rome.

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Words Starting With

RREREM

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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Words Starting With R and Ending With E

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With R12 Letter Words Ending With E