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

• Malay: imbas kembali (ms)
• 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