anamnesis
- noun
- /ˌænəmˈniːsɪs/
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recolección
- Through careful study and reflection, she experienced a powerful sense of anamnesis that brought back vivid memories of her childhood.
Examples
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In his lectures, he emphasized the importance of anamnesis in understanding historical events and their impact on present society.
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That the sort of spontaneous anamnesis implied in looking down further implies a circularity of time.
Fiction book (1990) -
It is only through such deliberate, repeated, and controlled anamnesis that we can be connected to the past, and the Church is the social group that stores and presents this collective memory.
Blog text (32) -
The therapist guided her client to explore past experiences, leading to moments of anamnesis that revealed hidden emotions.
Synonyms
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1.3
A thing you remember from the past
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3.8
A memory of something from the past or the act of remembering it
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5.7
The act of thinking about past events to understand them
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3.9
The ability to remember people, events, or information
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6.0
A memory of something from the past
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3.8
An event from a person's life that they can remember
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1.0
Thinking about events or experiences from the past
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6.7
A time when someone thinks about past events
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Etymology
The word anamnesis comes from Greek parts ana- 'again' and mnesis 'remembering', so it means 'remembering again' or the act of bringing memories back. Think of amnesia (loss of memory) as the opposite; anamnesis is the return of memories, for example in therapy or deep meditation.