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rem⋅i⋅nis⋅cence

  [rem-uh-nis-uhns]
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–noun
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. (in Platonic philosophy) anamnesis (def. 2).
Origin:
1580–90; < MF < LL reminiscentia. See reminiscent, -ence

Synonyms:
1. recollection. 2. memory. 3. anecdote, tale, memoir. 4. reminder.
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rem·i·nis·cence   (rěm'ə-nĭs'əns)   
n.  
  1. The act or process of recollecting past experiences or events.
  2. An experience or event recollected: "Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety" (Charlotte Brontë).
  3. A narration of past experiences. Often used in the plural.
  4. An event that brings to mind a similar, former event.
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Reminiscence

Rem`i*nis"cence\ (r?m`?-n?s"sens), n. [F. r['e]miniscence, L. reminiscentia.]

1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered. --South.

I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you. --Sir W. Scott.

2. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences.

Syn: Remembrance; recollection. See Memory.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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reminiscence 
1589, "act of remembering," from L.L. reminiscentia "remembrance, recollection," from reminiscentem (nom. reminiscens), prp. of reminisci "remember, recall to mind," from re- "again" + minisci "to remember," from root of mens "mind," from PIE base *men-/*mon- "think" (see mind (n.)). Meaning "a recollection of something past" is attested from 1811. Reminiscent "evoking memories" is first recorded 1880; reminisce is first recorded 1829.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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