Vaderisnothayden said:
That dictionary definition is no help to the discussion, because it only gives a very bare interpretation of the word. In the real world "reminiscent" is used a variety of ways.

In general, this kind of thinking simply doesn't work. If this were a true statement, then communication would be nearly impossible. Words are not to be interpreted, words have a very specific meaning. Sometimes multiple meanings and uses, but still, very specific in those meanings and uses.

If I were free to interpret words how I felt fit, or at least as I thought they mean, rather than what they really mean, then my using of that word in conversation with other people would almost invariably cause a breakdown of communication (as exemplified in the discussion at hand). In the real world, the word "reminiscent" has a strictly defined meaning, and that meaning was summed up quite well in the dictionary definition by DF.

Not that I am taking sides on the issue at hand, as I think it is a rather absurd sort of debate. It is just whenever someone decides to take liberties with the English language and the definition of words I cringe a bit.