amnesia
93
6.7
- noun
- /æmˈniːʒə/
- Specialized
:
amnesia
- But surely this amnesia may be linked to the cultural discontinuity that haunts the city.
- selective amnesia
- amnesia and memory impairment
- psychogenic amnesia
The attack of amnesia had been complete.
- The attack of amnesia had been complete.
- The brain damage in the form of amnesia, alcoholic alcohol induced amnesia, right?
- He suffers from amnesia and he doesn't know where he is and he's far away.
- And without memory, every moment would be a new experience, as is shown in people with amnesia.
- It's called transient, transient global amnesia.
- You kind of have amnesia about how miserable all of it is.
- And how quickly the amnesia set in for these triple Trumpers.
- Very short memory and a massive case of amnesia going on.
- Let us resist the tyranny of relational amnesia.
- And no, our enigma goes far beyond simple amnesia.
- Elsa, Frozen, Elsa, why do you have amnesia every time the shit comes out?
- There is a kind of political amnesia.
Examples
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Without that inclusion, cultural amnesia will set in with all its attendant problems.
Academic text (1994) -
There is no longer any amnesia, and the full story can be recalled at will.
Academic text (1990) -
The attack of amnesia had been complete.
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So we can show a person that has complete amnesia for events and facts.
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In fact, I had every confidence that your amnesia was genuine until you showed up here.
Fiction book (1996) -
Better to live with amnesia, the past a blank wall behind you.
Fiction book (1998) -
There is no greater fear than that a person can suffer from amnesia or dementia.
Academic text (1994) -
You are suffering from what they call retrograde amnesia and that affects your episodic memories.
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After the accident, he experienced amnesia and could not remember his name.
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The doctor explained that amnesia can result from a traumatic event or injury.
Synonyms
40
3.4
A problem when a person cannot remember information or past experiences
38
6.0
A short time when a person becomes unconscious or cannot remember things
3
8.1
A loss of memory for events just before an injury
1
8.2
Forgetting certain events or facts, often when it helps avoid blame
1
9.1
Unable to form new memories after an injury or event, while older memories stay
1
8.7
Loss of memory for events that happen after a serious head injury
1
8.6
A sudden short time when a person loses memory and feels confused for several hours
A sudden loss of memory that comes without warning and lasts a short time
A person cannot remember things that happened during hypnosis after the session
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.2
Forgetting certain events or facts, often when it helps avoid blame
- Specialized
1
9.1
Unable to form new memories after an injury or event, while older memories stay
- Specialized
1
8.7
Loss of memory for events that happen after a serious head injury
- Specialized
1
8.6
A sudden short time when a person loses memory and feels confused for several hours
- Specialized
A person cannot remember things that happened during hypnosis after the session
- Specialized
A sudden loss of memory that comes without warning and lasts a short time
How Severe
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
93
6.7
- Specialized
3
8.4
- Specialized
1
9.9
21
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
amnesia = a + mnes + ia
Although formally analyzable as a- + mnes + -ia, the Greek combining forms are not productive or familiar to average learners, so the meaning 'memory loss' is not transparently derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Amnesia comes from Greek parts a- meaning 'not' and mnesia meaning 'memory'. So amnesia literally means 'without memory', which is why it describes a loss of memory after injury or illness.