flashback
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[edit] Noun
flashback (plural: flashbacks)
- a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
- (psychology) a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
- a similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug
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- analepsis (1)
[edit] Translations
a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
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a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
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