nnoun.communicationa transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the storyTopic:literature
Antonyms:flash-forward
Derivationally Related Form:flash back
Hypernyms:transition
Inherited Hypernyms:flashbacktransitionpassagesectionmusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:flashbacktransitionpassagesectionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.eventan unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)Hypernyms:recurrence return
Inherited Hypernyms:flashbackrecurrencerepeatperiodic eventhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity