flashback

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noun

1. a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story (Freq. 1)
• Ant:
flash-forward
• Derivationally related forms:
flash back
• Topics:
literature
• Hypernyms:
transition
2. an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
• Hypernyms:
recurrence, return