flashback

About 0.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
2. noun A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
3. noun Something that evokes old memories; a throwback.
4. noun A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
5. noun The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
6. noun A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
7. verb To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.

Similar words

return back flash flashforward analepsis backfill backshadowing frame story backstory framing device

Often followed by

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Word family

flashbacks