reminiscent

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/ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/

adjective

Of, or relating to reminiscence.

“That painting is very reminiscent of Picasso's later work.”

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivereminiscent (comparative more reminiscent, superlative most reminiscent)

comparative more reminiscent · superlative most reminiscent

  1. Of, or relating to reminiscence.
  2. Suggestive of an earlier event or times.

    It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany.

    2020 November 19, Richard Weintraub, “Trump's use of 'Newspeak' to explain away virus puts Americans at risk | For What It's Worth”, in Pocono Record
  3. Tending to bring some memory etc. to mind (followed by of)

    That painting is very reminiscent of Picasso's later work.

    1 more example

    The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.

    1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5
  4. Remembering; undergoing reminiscence.

    Some other state of existence, of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent.

    a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC
nounreminiscent (plural reminiscents)

plural reminiscents

  1. One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveserving to bring to mind

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinreminīscēns
  2. Englishreminiscent

From Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“remember”), from re- (“again”) + min-, base of me-min-isse (“to remember, think over”), akin to mens (“mind”); see mental, mind, etc.

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Translations

Bulgarian напомнящ
  • напомнящ (napomnjašt)suggestive of an earlier event or times
Finnish muistuttava, samankaltainen
  • muistuttavasuggestive of an earlier event or times
  • samankaltainensuggestive of an earlier event or times
German reminiszent, erinnernd
  • reminiszentof, or relating to reminiscence
  • erinnerndof, or relating to reminiscence
  • erinnerndsuggestive of an earlier event or times
  • wachrufendsuggestive of an earlier event or times
  • erinnerndtending to bring some memory etc. to mind
  • Erinnerungen hervorrufendtending to bring some memory etc. to mind
  • erinnerndremembering; undergoing reminiscence
Persian یادآور, یادآور
  • یادآور (yâd-âvar)suggestive of an earlier event or times
  • یادآور (yâd-âvar)tending to bring some memory etc. to mind
Polish przypominający
  • przypominającysuggestive of an earlier event or times
Russian напомина́ющий
  • напомина́ющий (napominájuščij)suggestive of an earlier event or times
Slovak pripomínajúci, pripomínajúci
  • pripomínajúcisuggestive of an earlier event or times
  • pripomínajúcitending to bring some memory etc. to mind
Spanish reminiscente, reminiscente
  • reminiscenteof, or relating to reminiscence
  • reminiscentesuggestive of an earlier event or times
  • reminiscentetending to bring some memory etc. to mind
  • reminiscenteremembering; undergoing reminiscence
Turkish andıran, hatırlatan
  • andıranof, or relating to reminiscence
  • hatırlatanof, or relating to reminiscence
  • anımsatansuggestive of an earlier event or times
  • hatırlatansuggestive of an earlier event or times
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APA

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