amnesia

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See also: amnésia and amnèsia

English

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˌæmˈniʒə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /æmˈniːʒə/, /æmˈniːz.i.ə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːʒə

Noun

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amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)

  1. (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
  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 (lyrics and music), “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

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, forgetfulness).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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amnesia

  1. amnesia

Declension

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Inflection of amnesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative amnesia amnesiat
genitive amnesian amnesioiden
amnesioitten
partitive amnesiaa amnesioita
illative amnesiaan amnesioihin
singular plural
nominative amnesia amnesiat
accusative nom. amnesia amnesiat
gen. amnesian
genitive amnesian amnesioiden
amnesioitten
amnesiain rare
partitive amnesiaa amnesioita
inessive amnesiassa amnesioissa
elative amnesiasta amnesioista
illative amnesiaan amnesioihin
adessive amnesialla amnesioilla
ablative amnesialta amnesioilta
allative amnesialle amnesioille
essive amnesiana amnesioina
translative amnesiaksi amnesioiksi
abessive amnesiatta amnesioitta
instructive amnesioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of amnesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative amnesiani amnesiani
accusative nom. amnesiani amnesiani
gen. amnesiani
genitive amnesiani amnesioideni
amnesioitteni
amnesiaini rare
partitive amnesiaani amnesioitani
inessive amnesiassani amnesioissani
elative amnesiastani amnesioistani
illative amnesiaani amnesioihini
adessive amnesiallani amnesioillani
ablative amnesialtani amnesioiltani
allative amnesialleni amnesioilleni
essive amnesianani amnesioinani
translative amnesiakseni amnesioikseni
abessive amnesiattani amnesioittani
instructive
comitative amnesioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative amnesiasi amnesiasi
accusative nom. amnesiasi amnesiasi
gen. amnesiasi
genitive amnesiasi amnesioidesi
amnesioittesi
amnesiaisi rare
partitive amnesiaasi amnesioitasi
inessive amnesiassasi amnesioissasi
elative amnesiastasi amnesioistasi
illative amnesiaasi amnesioihisi
adessive amnesiallasi amnesioillasi
ablative amnesialtasi amnesioiltasi
allative amnesiallesi amnesioillesi
essive amnesianasi amnesioinasi
translative amnesiaksesi amnesioiksesi
abessive amnesiattasi amnesioittasi
instructive
comitative amnesioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative amnesiamme amnesiamme
accusative nom. amnesiamme amnesiamme
gen. amnesiamme
genitive amnesiamme amnesioidemme
amnesioittemme
amnesiaimme rare
partitive amnesiaamme amnesioitamme
inessive amnesiassamme amnesioissamme
elative amnesiastamme amnesioistamme
illative amnesiaamme amnesioihimme
adessive amnesiallamme amnesioillamme
ablative amnesialtamme amnesioiltamme
allative amnesiallemme amnesioillemme
essive amnesianamme amnesioinamme
translative amnesiaksemme amnesioiksemme
abessive amnesiattamme amnesioittamme
instructive
comitative amnesioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative amnesianne amnesianne
accusative nom. amnesianne amnesianne
gen. amnesianne
genitive amnesianne amnesioidenne
amnesioittenne
amnesiainne rare
partitive amnesiaanne amnesioitanne
inessive amnesiassanne amnesioissanne
elative amnesiastanne amnesioistanne
illative amnesiaanne amnesioihinne
adessive amnesiallanne amnesioillanne
ablative amnesialtanne amnesioiltanne
allative amnesiallenne amnesioillenne
essive amnesiananne amnesioinanne
translative amnesiaksenne amnesioiksenne
abessive amnesiattanne amnesioittanne
instructive
comitative amnesioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative amnesiansa amnesiansa
accusative nom. amnesiansa amnesiansa
gen. amnesiansa
genitive amnesiansa amnesioidensa
amnesioittensa
amnesiainsa rare
partitive amnesiaansa amnesioitaan
amnesioitansa
inessive amnesiassaan
amnesiassansa
amnesioissaan
amnesioissansa
elative amnesiastaan
amnesiastansa
amnesioistaan
amnesioistansa
illative amnesiaansa amnesioihinsa
adessive amnesiallaan
amnesiallansa
amnesioillaan
amnesioillansa
ablative amnesialtaan
amnesialtansa
amnesioiltaan
amnesioiltansa
allative amnesialleen
amnesiallensa
amnesioilleen
amnesioillensa
essive amnesianaan
amnesianansa
amnesioinaan
amnesioinansa
translative amnesiakseen
amnesiaksensa
amnesioikseen
amnesioiksensa
abessive amnesiattaan
amnesiattansa
amnesioittaan
amnesioittansa
instructive
comitative amnesioineen
amnesioinensa

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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amnésia (first-person possessive amnesiaku, second-person possessive amnesiamu, third-person possessive amnesianya)

  1. (pathology) amnesia: loss of memory

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, forgetfulness).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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amnesia f (plural amnesie)

  1. amnesia

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, forgetfulness).

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Noun

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amnesia f (plural amnesias)

  1. amnesia

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