FLASHBACK as NOUN

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
   Hypernyms(s) flashback is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • transition (what does transition mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • flash-forward (what does flash-forward mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • cut back (what does cut back mean?)
   • flash back (what does flash back mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
   Hypernyms(s) flashback is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • recurrence (what does recurrence mean?)
   • return (what does return mean?)