amnesia

See also: amnésia and amnèsia

English

Etymology

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

Noun

amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)

  1. (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
  2. (figuratively) Forgetfulness.
    a state of cultural amnesia

Derived terms

Translations
forgetfulness — see forgetfulness
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Finnish

Etymology

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

Noun

amnesia

  1. amnesia

Declension
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
amnesiainrare
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
instructive — amnesioin
abessive amnesiatta amnesioitta
comitative — amnesioineen

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • [amneˈziːa]

Noun

amnesia f (plural amnesie)

  1. amnesia

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /amˈnesja/, [ãmˈnesja]

Noun

amnesia f (plural amnesias)

  1. amnesia

Derived terms

Further reading
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