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The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.
Jack Antonoff

Meaning of "reminiscent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REMINISCENT

From Latin reminiscī to call to mind, from re- + mēns mind.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF REMINISCENT

reminiscent  [ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REMINISCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reminiscent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REMINISCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

reminiscent

Memoir

Memoir, is a literary nonfiction genre. More specifically, it is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events, both public or private that took place in the author's life. The assertions made in the work are understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of autobiography since the late 20th century, the genre is differentiated in form, presenting a narrowed focus. Like most autobiographies, memoirs are written from the first-person point of view. An autobiography tells the story of a life, while memoir tells a story from a life, such as touchstone events and turning points from the author's life. The author of a memoir may be referred to as a memoirist.

Definition of reminiscent in the English dictionary

The first definition of reminiscent in the dictionary is foll by of stimulating memories or comparisons. Other definition of reminiscent is characterized by reminiscence. Reminiscent is also given to reminiscing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REMINISCENT


adjacent
əˈdʒeɪsənt
beneficent
bɪˈnɛfɪsənt
circumjacent
ˌsɜːkəmˈdʒeɪsənt
complacent
kəmˈpleɪsənt
concupiscent
kənˈkjuːpɪsənt
dehiscent
dɪˈhɪsənt
impuissant
ɪmˈpjuːɪsənt
indehiscent
ˌɪndɪˈhɪsənt
jacent
ˈdʒeɪsənt
magnificent
mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt
maleficent
məˈlɛfɪsənt
munificent
mjuːˈnɪfɪsənt
naissant
ˈneɪsənt
nonadjacent
ˌnɒnəˈdʒeɪsənt
omnificent
ɒmˈnɪfɪsənt
puissant
ˈpjuːɪsənt
reticent
ˈrɛtɪsənt
Stuyvesant
ˈstaɪvɪsənt
subjacent
sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt
unreminiscent
ˌʌnˌremɪˈnɪsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REMINISCENT

remilitarize
remind
reminder
reminder advertising
reminder call
remindful
remineralise
remineralize
reminisce
reminiscence
reminiscential
reminiscently
reminiscer
remint
remise
remiss
remissibility
remissible
remissibleness
remissibly

WORDS THAT END LIKE REMINISCENT

adolescent
ascent
chemiluminescent
convalescent
crescent
descent
effervescent
fluorescent
incandescent
iridescent
line of descent
luminescent
nascent
photoluminescent
prepubescent
quiescent
recent
Red Crescent
scent
senescent
the crescent

Synonyms and antonyms of reminiscent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REMINISCENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «reminiscent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of reminiscent

Translation of «reminiscent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REMINISCENT

Find out the translation of reminiscent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reminiscent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reminiscent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人想起的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

que recuerda a
570 millions of speakers

English

reminiscent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

याद ताजा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تذكرنا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

напоминает
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

que lembra algo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্মারক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

qui rappelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengingatkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erinnernd an
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

連想させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연상하게 하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaya ngono
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gợi nhớ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நினைவூட்டுவதாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

यादृच्छिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hatırlatan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

che richiama
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przypomina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нагадує
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amintind
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θυμίζει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

herinner
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

påminner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

minner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reminiscent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REMINISCENT»

The term «reminiscent» is very widely used and occupies the 22.416 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REMINISCENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «reminiscent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «reminiscent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reminiscent

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10 QUOTES WITH «REMINISCENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word reminiscent.
1
Alvar Aalto
The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture.
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Jack Antonoff
The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.
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Tom Douglas
In my 'Big Dinners' cookbook, I recreated my mother's recipe for crab dip. The creamy dressing for this dip, made with mayonnaise, tomato paste, a touch of honey, sliced chives, lemon juice and zest, horseradish and Tabasco, is reminiscent of Thousand Island dressing.
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Jurgen Habermas
The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.
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Alexander Herzen
Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or at least is reminiscent of childhood.
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Jools Holland
Whenever I go on holiday, I like to time travel and imagine what it must have been like 500 years ago. I love the Tuscan landscape, which is reminiscent of a Claude Lorrain painting.
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DJ Jazzy Jeff
And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can do with cuttin' and scratchin' that's reminiscent of jazz music, because it's all about how you feel. You're capturing a vibe and just going with it.
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Aaron Klein
The newly released movie 'Noah' features a retelling of the creation story that clearly depicts Darwinian evolution transforming a single-cell organism into a monkey. The movie also seems to show magic in scenes more reminiscent of the occult than of the Bible story.
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Jimmy Reid
Profit is the sole criterion used by the establishment to evaluate economic activity. From the rat race to lame ducks. The vocabulary in vogue is a give-away. It's more reminiscent of a human menagerie than human society.
10
Scott Speedman
Well, when I did Underworld 2, I was in Vancouver for five months and I was reminiscent to be back up there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REMINISCENT»

Discover the use of reminiscent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reminiscent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Distant Star: The Reminiscent Exile: I
The Knights and Renegades should have left him alone... * * * * An original urban fantasy story. This novel-length book also includes the short story: The Forgetful Library, written by Joe Ducie.
Joe Ducie, 2012
2
Herbert Hoover a Reminiscent Biography
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Will Irwin, 2011
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Seven Months to Oregon: 1853 Diaries, Letters and ...
In 1853, four out of twelve siblings of the James and Betsy (Round) Hines family migrated from New York to the Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, leaving "a massive trail of written material-- books, newspaper articles, personal lettters" ...
Harold J. Peters, 2008
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Papers Critical and Reminiscent
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
William Sharp, 2012
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Reminiscent of a Familiar Face: A Conversation Worth Having
" Several persons includeDarryl Hunt, Terrie M. Williams,Dr. Peter Salovey, Nikki Giovanni,and others that will prove influentialto this book's credibility.Reminiscent of a Familiar Face willillustrate to the present generation,and those ...
Ezekiel J. Walker, 2010
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Poems of Nature, Poems Subjective and Reminiscent and ...
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide.
John Greenleaf Whittier, 2012
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Edwin Forrest: The Actor and the Man. Critical and ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Edwin Forrest, Gabriel Harrison, 2013
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Reminiscent scrutinies: memory in Anthony Powell's A Dance ...
In this book, Frost argues that by allowing Nick Jenkins, the protagonist of "The Music of Time", to function as both narrator and actor in his own story, Powell presents his readers with two philosophies of time.
Laurie Adams Frost, 1990
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Reminiscent Tales of a Humble Angler
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Frank MacKie Johnson, 2008
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Old Charlestown: Historical, Biographical, Reminiscent - ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Timothy Thompson Sawyer, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REMINISCENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reminiscent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Josh Smith's Insensitive Comments on Salary Reminiscent of Latrell …
This summer, Josh Smith decided to forego more money elsewhere, namely with the Houston Rockets – the team he played for during the last half of the ... «RantSports, Jul 15»
2
MacDill unit's Ukraine work reminiscent of Cold War
Capt Shannon Ryan returned recently from an operation where she copiloted a KC-135 refueler in support of NATO along the KC-135 flightline at MacDill AFB. «TBO.com, Jul 15»
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Jessie Govan reminiscent of past Hoya greats
It's extremely premature to put Govan in a sentence with the rest of those names. But it's not far-fetched to say Govan can be in that class at some point. «FOXSports.com, Jun 15»
4
Charleston shootings reminiscent of 2007 local tragedy
The recent fatal shootings at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, bring to mind a similar shooting at a Colorado Springs church nearly eight years ago. «KRDO, Jun 15»
5
Bill reminiscent of tropical storms Allison, Hermine that lashed Texas
Strong waves are pounding the seawall in Galveston as Tropical Storm Bill bears down on the Texas coast. The storm that is threatening to bring heavy rains ... «Austin American-Statesman, Jun 15»
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Cleveland's Defensive Strategy Is Reminiscent of the 2004 Patriots
Thus far in what have been an extraordinarily entertaining NBA Finals, the Cavaliers have comparatively stifled the historically great Warriors offense. Part of it ... «The Big Lead, Jun 15»
7
Bolts Game 6 reminiscent of Game 4
Derick Brassard finished with a hat trick, leading the way with 5 points in the Rangers 7-3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday. "There was nothing ... «FOX 13 Tampa Bay, WTVT-TV, May 15»
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S Club 7, O2, review: 'only slightly reminiscent of a peppy workout …
The seven band members skipped and high-fived their way through a set of tightly choreographed routines which succeeded in being only slightly reminiscent of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Stunning Images of Mars Reveal Vistas That Are Eerily Reminiscent
The view from Mount Sharp on Mars, as seen by the Curiosity rover on April 10, 2015. (Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS). The redrock canyons and up-tilted ... «Discover Magazine, May 15»
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Sharp: Lions' 2015 draft reminiscent of past blunders
The Lions' draft plan made sense. Of course, the blueprint was pretty simple: Fill as many gaps as possible. What other plan could general manager Martin ... «Detroit Free Press, May 15»

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