Reminiscence Meaning
/ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs.əns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly.
nounA mental image thus remembered.
Sentence Examples
His stories were filled with a warm and mostly happy reminiscence.
A reminiscence is a story about a person's life in the past.
His grandfather shared a sweet reminiscence of his school days.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The book is full of ____ about the author's childhood in the countryside.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Her memoir was filled with warm ____ about growing up in a small coastal town in the 1960s.
Word Origin & History
From Late Latin reminīscentiae (“remembrances”), from Latin reminīscēns, present active participle of reminīscor (“remember”); see reminiscent.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The book is full of ____ about the author's childhood in the countryside.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Her memoir was filled with warm ____ about growing up in a small coastal town in the 1960s.