amnesia

From modified Latin amnesia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”) prefixed with the alpha privative.

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌæmˈniʒə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /æmˈniːʒə/, /æmˈniːz.i.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːʒə

amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)

1. (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
   • 2009 October 4, Stacey D’Erasmo, “Glory Days”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     I lay around my Barnard dorm room listening to Nina Simone records and reading his first novel, “Forgetting Elena,” which takes place in a highly mythopoeticized version of Fire Island and nominally concerns a man with amnesia.

   • 2023, PLUMMCORP RECORDS, 0:33 from the start, in dracula flow 3‎^[2]:

     They must have amnesia, they forgot that I'm him

2. (figurative) Forgetfulness.

   a state of cultural amnesia

3. (UK, slang) A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.^[1]

   Synonyms: amm, ammie; see also Thesaurus:marijuana

   • 2015, Jme, “Man Don’t Care” (track 13), in Integrity>, performed by Jme:

     She's lighting up some sensis, he's lighting up amnesias / I'm 'bout to get it started, I'm 'bout to get amnesia'd

• aminase, anemias

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmnesiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝mne̞ˌs̠iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): am‧ne‧si‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): am‧ne‧sia

amnesia

1. amnesia

• “amnesia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• mesaani, saamien

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”).

• IPA^(key): [amˈnesia̯]
• Hyphenation: am‧né‧sia

amnésia (plural amnesia-amnesia)

1. (pathology) amnesia: loss of memory

• “amnesia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).

• IPA^(key): /am.neˈzi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: am‧ne‧sì‧a

amnesia f (plural amnesie)

1. amnesia

• esamina

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).

• IPA^(key): /amˈnesja/ [ãmˈne.sja]

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• Rhymes: -esja
• Syllabification: am‧ne‧sia

amnesia f (plural amnesias)

1. amnesia

• “amnesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024