Proustian
/ˈpruːstiən/
relating to involuntary memory triggered by sensory experience
Proustian in a sentence
“The smell triggered a Proustian flood of childhood memories.”
Origin of Proustian
Marcel Proust's madeleine in Remembrance of Things Past
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