flashback

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Noun flashback has 2 senses

flashback - a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
--₁ is a kind of transition
Antonyms: flash-forward

Derived form: verb flash back₁
flashback - an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
--₂ is a kind of recurrence, return