Meanings
plural reminiscences
- countableuncountableAn 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 - countableuncountableA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinreminīscēns
- Late Latinreminīscentiae“remembrances”
- Englishreminiscence
From Late Latin reminīscentiae (“remembrances”), from Latin reminīscēns, present active participle of reminīscor (“remember”); see reminiscent.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali স্মৃতিচারণ
- স্মৃতিচারণ (smriticaron)act of remembering
Bulgarian спо́мен, спо́мен
- спо́мен (spómen)act of remembering
- спо́мен (spómen)mental image
Dutch herinnering
- herinneringmental image
Esperanto rememoro
- rememoroact of remembering
Finnish muistelu, muistikuva
- muisteluact of remembering
- muistikuvamental image
- muistumamental image
- muistomental image
French réminiscence
- réminiscencemental image
German Erinnern, Erinnerung
- Erinnernact of remembering
- Erinnerungmental image
- Erinnerungenmental image
- Rückerinnerungmental image
- Reminiszenzmental image
Greek ανάμνηση, ανάμνηση
- ανάμνηση (anámnisi)act of remembering
- ανάμνηση (anámnisi)mental image
Hindi संस्मरण
- संस्मरण (sansmaraṇ)act of remembering
Italian reminiscenza
- reminiscenzamental image
Māori manaka, mānakanaka
- manakaact of remembering
- mānakanakaact of remembering
- pūmaharatangaact of remembering
- hokinga maharaact of remembering
- pūmaharatangamental image
Polish reminiscencja, wspomnienie
- reminiscencjaact of remembering
- wspomnieniemental image
Romanian reamintire, reminiscență
- reamintireact of remembering
- reminiscențămental image
- amintiremental image
Russian воспомина́ние, реминисце́нция
- воспомина́ние (vospominánije)act of remembering
- реминисце́нция (reminiscéncija)act of remembering
- воспомина́ние (vospominánije)mental image
Scottish Gaelic cuimhneachadh, cuimhneachadh
- cuimhneachadhact of remembering
- cuimhneachadhmental image
Spanish reminiscencia, rememoración
- reminiscenciaact of remembering
- rememoraciónact of remembering
- reminiscenciamental image
Turkish anma, zikir
- anmaact of remembering
- zikiract of remembering
- yâdact of remembering
Ukrainian спо́мин, спо́гад
- спо́мин (spómyn)act of remembering
- спо́гад (spóhad)act of remembering
- спо́мин (spómyn)mental image
- спо́гад (spóhad)mental image
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reminiscence
Cite this entry
reminiscence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reminiscence
“reminiscence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reminiscence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reminiscence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reminiscence.
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