retrovision

A noun referring to a vision or mental image of events that occurred in the distant past.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das die Sicht oder das geistige Bild von Ereignissen bezeichnet, die in der fernen Vergangenheit liegen.

1. Vision of the past C2 formal

   A mental image or perception of events that occurred in the distant past.

   • The historian described his retrovision of ancient Rome in vivid detail.
   • She had a sudden retrovision of her grandmother's childhood home.
   • The novel is filled with retrovisions of medieval battles.

   🇩🇪Rückblick auf die Vergangenheit

   Synonyme: flashbackmemoryrecollectionremembrancereminiscenceretrospect