reminiscent

English

From Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“remember”), from re- (“again”) + min-, base of me-min-isse (“to remember, think over”), akin to mens (“mind”); see mental, mind, etc.

reminiscent (comparative more reminiscent, superlative most reminiscent)

Of, or relating to reminiscence.
Suggestive of an earlier event or times.
- 2020 November 19, Richard Weintraub, “Trump's use of 'Newspeak' to explain away virus puts Americans at risk | For What It's Worth”, in Pocono Record‎^[1]:
  It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany.
Tending to bring some memory etc. to mind (followed by of)
That painting is very reminiscent of Picasso's later work.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5:
  The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.
Remembering; undergoing reminiscence.
- a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC:
  Some other state of existence, of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent.

of, or relating to reminiscence

suggestive of an earlier event or times

tending to bring some memory etc. to mind

remembering; undergoing reminiscence

reminiscent (plural reminiscents)

reminīscent