flashback

US /ˈflæʃˌbæk/

UK /'flæʃbæk/

C2

noun

  • A sudden, vivid memory of an event in the past.
  • Showing an earlier event in a film, book etc.
  • A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.

Examples

The story is told in flashback.

I had a sudden flashback to the time immediately after the war.