flashback

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English

Noun

Wikipedia flashback (plural flashbacks)

1. a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
2. (psychology) a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
3. a similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug

Wikipedia

Synonyms

• (dramatic device): analepsis

Coordinate terms

• (act of remembering): reminiscence

Descendants

• German: Flashback

Translations

a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative

Finnish: takauma (fi) German: Rückblende (de) f.

Spanish: analepsis (es) f.

a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs

Finnish: muistikuva (fi)

German: Flashback (de) m.

a similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug

German: Flashback (de) m.

See also

• flashforward

Anagrams

• halfbacks