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flashback

[ flash-bak ]

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noun

a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
an event or scene so inserted.
Also called flash·back hal·lu·ci·no·sis [flash, -bak h, uh, -loo-s, uh, -, noh, -sis]. Psychiatry.
1. the spontaneous recurrence of visual hallucinations or other effects of a drug, as LSD, long after the use of the drug has been discontinued.
2. recurrent and abnormally vivid recollection of a traumatic experience, as a battle, sometimes accompanied by hallucinations.

flashback

/ ˈflæʃˌbæk /

1910–15; 1965–70 flashback fordef 3; noun use of verb phrase flash back

While excoriating the IRS, Huckabee brings his readers along on a flashback to his youth.

No, that would be the flashback revelation that Ross and Monica accidentally kissed once at a party.

In a flashback scene, Alicia tries to rebuild her life by interviewing for jobs and returning to work.

To give just one example of the way that culture has influenced how we think about trauma, consider the “flashback.”

This process is shown alongside black-and-white flashback clips of Christian preparing for his first-ever presentation.

He woke to find Billy gone, and had a momentary panic, a flashback to the day that Fred had gone missing in the night.

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