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Noun
wikipedia|flashback (literary technique)
flashback (plural: flashbacks)

1. 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

1. a similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug

wikipedia|flashback (psychological phenomenon)

Synonyms
analepsis (1)

Translations
trans-top|a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
Finnish: takauma
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trans-top|a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
Finnish: muistikuva
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trans-top|a similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug
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See also
flashforward

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