amnesia — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

Loss of memory; forgetfulness.

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.

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

2

Forgetfulness.

a state of cultural amnesia

3

A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.

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

Collocations

5

ADJ.

cultural, dissociative, partial, severe

VERB + AMNESIA

caused, faked, forget, form, got, having, induce, lied

AMNESIA + NOUN

loss

PREP.

about, from

ADV.

mildly

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — partial or total loss of memory

blackout

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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 c

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02

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

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03

a state of cultural amnesia

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04

Amnesia means "loss of memory".

Tatoeba · #631834

05

We never forget the first amnesia.

Tatoeba · #1716747

06

I have amnesia.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, amnesia is marked as figuratively, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.