reminiscence
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Reminiscence is the act of recollecting past experiences or events. An example of the typical use of reminiscence is when people share their personal stories with others or allows other people to live vicariously through stories of family, friends, and acquaintances while gaining an authentic meaningful relationship with the people. An example of reminiscence may be grandparents remembering past events with friends or their grandchildren, sharing their individual experience of what the past was like.
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- different from
- Reminiscence
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- depicted by
- retrospective
- partially coincident with
- recollection
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Psychological usage
- Reminiscence therapy
- Reminiscence bump
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- References
- Further reading
Reminiscence is the act of recollecting past experiences or events. An example of the typical use of reminiscence is when people share their personal stories with others or allows other people to live vicariously through stories of family, friends, and acquaintances while gaining an authentic meaningful relationship with the people. An example of reminiscence may be grandparents remembering past events with friends or their grandchildren, sharing their individual experience of what the past was like.
==Psychological usage==
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