fugue
7
9.9
- noun
- /fjuːɡ/
- Specialized
:
fuga
- After the accident, he found himself in a fugue where he couldn't remember who he was.
- fugue state
- psychogenic fugue
- enter the fugue
You do this whole wordy explanation and I'm like, I'm like in a like fugue state.
- You do this whole wordy explanation and I'm like, I'm like in a like fugue state.
Examples
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The thing that caused a "fugue state"?
Blog text (10) -
Then D.B. shook his head, as if emerging from some kind of fugue state, and turned to Patty.
Fiction book (2001) -
You were in a fugue state for a while.
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Dissociative fugue is kind of weird and interesting.
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He came out of that tank in a fugue state and had blood all over his face.
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I confess to being in one such fugue at the start of that fatal evening.
Fiction book (2002) -
You are in the grip of a psychotic fugue.
Fiction book (1996) -
Even in my fugue state of pathetic grief, I knew that it would be irresistible.
Fiction book (1998) -
They say she was in a fugue state, fighting back blindly.
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The heat of the day seemed to last forever, and Han rode in a fugue state, barely aware of his surroundings, self-hypnotized by a litany of rocking footfalls.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
3
8.4
A mental state where part of a person's memory or feelings feels separate
1
9.9
A rare condition when a person leaves home, starts a new life, and forgets who they are
A state of losing awareness of who you are and your actions
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.9
A rare condition when a person leaves home, starts a new life, and forgets who they are
How Dissociated
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
7
9.9
- Specialized
3
8.7
18
6.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fugue comes from the Latin fuga meaning 'flight', the same root as fugitive, and doctors used the idea of 'running away' to describe someone who loses their memory and identity and wanders, which is why a fugue is a state of lost memory.