reminiscent

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15
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19
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11
Pronunciation
/ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/

Definition of reminiscent

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of, or relating to reminiscence.
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adj

  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.”
  3. Tending to bring some memory etc. to mind (followed by of)
    “That painting is very reminiscent of Picasso's later work.”
    “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.”
  4. Remembering; undergoing reminiscence.
    “Some other state of existence, of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent.”

noun

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

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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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