Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 7 compound words that contain amnesia. The most common are listed below. Open amnesia in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- retrograde amnesiaThe loss of memories from the period leading up to the amnesic episode.
- anterograde amnesiaThe inability to remember new information from the period beginning the amnesic episode.
- character amnesiaA phenomenon whereby experienced speakers of some East Asian languages forget how to write Chinese characters previously well known to them.
- Gell-Mann Amnesia effectThe phenomenon of a person trusting newspapers for topics which that person is not knowledgeable about, despite recognizing the newspaper as being extremely inaccurate on certain topics which that person is knowledgeable about.
- digital amnesiaSynonym of Google effect: The tendency to forget information that can be found readily online by using Internet search engines.
- dissociative amnesiaA dissociative disorder characterized by retrospectively reported memory gaps, involving an inability to recall personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.
- milk of amnesiaPropofol.
- psychogenic amnesiaSynonym of dissociative amnesia: A dissociative disorder characterized by retrospectively reported memory gaps, involving an inability to recall personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.
- Gell-Mann AmnesiaSynonym of Gell-Mann Amnesia effect: The phenomenon of a person trusting newspapers for topics which that person is not knowledgeable about, despite recognizing the newspaper as being extremely inaccurate on certain topics which that …
- national amnesiaA nationwide loss of memories about an event, time or cultural phenomenon.
- Gell-Mann Amnesia effectsplural of Gell-Mann Amnesia effect: The phenomenon of a person trusting newspapers for topics which that person is not knowledgeable about, despite recognizing the newspaper as being extremely inaccurate on certain topics which that person …
Compound words 7
- paramnesiaAn inability to distinguish between real memories and dreams or fantasies
- namenesiaAn inability to recall someone's name.
- RomnesiaA propensity to claim to have forgotten, or act like one has forgotten, one's past deeds and political positions.
- cryptamnesiaAlternative form of cryptomnesia: The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience; (countable) an instance of this. Contrast cryptaesthesia.
- momnesiaForgetfulness in a pregnant woman or mother.
- scamnesiaAn act or incident of pretending to forget one’s previous stances or corrupt activities in order to avoid accountability.
- wordnesiaA phenomenon where one cannot recall the spelling of a common word, despite knowing its pronunciation and having previously written it numerous times.