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单词 reminiscency
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reminiscencyn.

Brit. /ˌrɛmᵻˈnɪs(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˌrɛməˈnɪsənsi/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin reminiscentia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin reminiscentia (see reminiscence n.); compare -ency suffix. Compare earlier reminiscence n. and the Romance parallels cited at that entry.
Now rare.
= reminiscence n. (in various senses), esp. (in Platonic philosophy) the possession by the soul of innate knowledge acquired in previous existences.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > [noun] > faculty of
reminiscency1651
1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 88 Thou art here mistaken in two things. First, in that thou conceivest that Reminiscency is so strong an argument to prove the Preexistency of the soul before her entrance into the body.
1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) App. x. 349 If you'l say that Memory is in the brain, but Reminiscency in the Conarion [etc.].
1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. (1667) 38 In his Phædo, he fairly argues for the Souls Immortality from its presupposed Reminiscency.
1732 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 4 206 The Rules of Reminiscency require, that [etc.].
1842 F. F. Barham Socrates iv. v. 61 Then, maiden, do they instantly remember, By an instinctive reminiscency, That they from countless, limitless ages of ages, Had conversed with each other.
a1858 J. K. Mitchell Five Ess. (1859) 188 Command, or what was the same thing, repetition and directed attention, produced a perfect reminiscency.
1934 Times 4 Oct. 10/2 Cyril Scott has often been likened to Debussy, but this work, despite some obvious reminiscency in the orchestral arabesques, points the unlikeliness much more than the likeness.
1992 J. Mansfeld Heresiography in Context x. 313 There are in Philo also other and comparable reminiscencies of Empedocles' Katharmoi.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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