flashback

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
noun an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

From flash + back.

For a flashback moment he merged into, then emerged from, my dream. — Life Blood, Thomas Hoover

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