reminiscence
/ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs.əns/
reminiscence noun: an act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly.
Noun
reminiscence (countable and uncountable, plural reminiscences)
- An act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly.
- Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- A mental image thus remembered.
- Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones).2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2024
reminiscence meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
reminiscence in Hindi
- act of remembering
- संस्मरण sansmaraṇ
reminiscence in Marathi
- reminiscence
- स्मृती smrutī
reminiscence in Urdu
- reminiscence
- یاد yād, حافظہ hāfiza
reminiscence in Bengali
- act of remembering
- স্মৃতিচারণ smriticaron
More languagesFewer languages
- reminiscence in Malayalam
- പഴയ കാര്യങ്ങളെപ്പറ്റിയുളള ഓർമ്മ, ഓർമ്മക്കുറിപ്പ്, ഓർമ്മവരുത്തുന്ന വസ്തു
- reminiscence in Kannada
- ನೆನಪು, ನೆನವರಿಕೆ, ಸ್ಮೃತಿ, ಸ್ಮರಣೆ
Synonyms of reminiscence
Forms of reminiscence
| plural | reminiscences |
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Origin of reminiscence
From Late Latin reminīscentiae (“remembrances”), from Latin reminīscēns, present active participle of reminīscor (“remember”); see reminiscent.
Words formed from reminiscence
Words that rhyme with reminiscence
Questions about reminiscence
- What does reminiscence mean?
- Reminiscence means an act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly.
- What is reminiscence in Hindi?
- Reminiscence in Hindi is संस्मरण (sansmaraṇ). See Reminiscence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reminiscence?
- Reminiscence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce reminiscence?
- Reminiscence is pronounced /ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs.əns/.
- What is the plural of reminiscence?
- The plural of reminiscence is reminiscences.
Words near reminiscence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reminiscence (page history and authors); स्मृती (Marathi) (page history and authors); حافظہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); reminiscence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reminiscence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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