Someone's reminiscences are things that they remember from the past, and which they talk or write about. Reminiscence is the process of remembering these things and talking or writing about them.
[formal]
Here I am boring you with my reminiscences.
...reminiscences of her Jewish childhood.
A faint smile of reminiscence appeared on her face..
[Also + of]
reminiscence in British English
(ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsəns)
noun
1.
the act of recalling or narrating past experiences
2. (often plural)
some past experience, event, etc, that is recalled or narrated; anecdote
3.
an event, phenomenon, or experience that reminds one of something else
4.
(in the philosophy of Plato) the doctrine that perception and recognition of particulars is possible because the mind has seen the universal forms of all things in a previous disembodied existence
5. psychology
the ability to perform a task better when tested some time after the task has been learnt than when tested immediately after learning it
reminiscence in American English
(ˌrɛməˈnɪsəns)
noun
1.
the act of remembering or recollecting past experiences
2.
a memory or recollection
3. [pl.]
an account, written or spoken, of remembered experiences
4.
something that suggests or recalls something else; reminder
Word origin
Fr réminiscence < LL remeniscentia: see reminiscent
Examples of 'reminiscence' in a sentence
reminiscence
These childhood reminiscences have a habit of reinventing themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His reminiscences of his childhood and his indomitable mother were genuinely touching.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
See where honest childhood reminiscences lead.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A handful of personal reminiscences gives some indication of what this has meant to him and what it has led to.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
In other languages
reminiscence
British English: reminiscence NOUN
Someone's reminiscences are things that they remember from the past, and which they talk or write about. Reminiscence is the process of remembering these things and talking or writing about them.