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- [am-nee-zhuh]
- /æmˈni ʒə/
- /æmˈniː.zi.ə/
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- [am-nee-zhuh]
- /æmˈni ʒə/
Definitions of amnesia word
- uncountable noun amnesia If someone is suffering from amnesia, they have lost their memory. 3
- noun amnesia a defect in memory, esp one resulting from a pathological cause, such as brain damage or hysteria 3
- noun amnesia partial or total loss of memory caused as by brain injury or by shock 3
- noun amnesia loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc. 1
- noun amnesia A partial or total loss of memory. 1
- noun amnesia loss of memory 1
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Origin of amnesia
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
1780-90; < New Latin < Greek amnēsía, variant of amnēstía oblivion; perhaps learnedly formed from mnē-, stem of mimnḗskesthai to remember (cf. mnemonic) + -s- + -ia -ia. See amnesty
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Parts of speech for Amnesia
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
amnesia popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
amnesia usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for amnesia
noun amnesia
- stupor — suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- fugue — Music. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.
- forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
Antonyms for amnesia
noun amnesia
- deadeye — either of a pair of disclike wooden blocks, supported by straps in grooves around them, between which a line is rove so as to draw them together to tighten a shroud
- mnemonic — assisting or intended to assist the memory.
- intellectuality — the quality or state of being intellectual.
- memory — the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
- anamnesis — the ability to recall past events; recollection
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