Flashback (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("flashback" is a kind of...):
transition (a passage that connects a topic to one that follows)
Domain category:
literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value)
Antonym:
flash-forward (a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story)
Derivation:
flash back (return in time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flashback" is a kind of...):
recurrence; return (happening again (especially at regular intervals))