amnesia
pronunciation
How to pronounce amnesia in British English:
UK [æmˈni:ziə]
How to pronounce amnesia in American English:
US [æmˈniʒə]
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- Noun:
- partial or total loss of memory
Word Origin
- amnesia (n.)
- "loss of memory," 1786 (as a Greek word in English from 1670s), Modern Latin, coined from Greek amnesia "forgetfulness," from a-, privative prefix, "not" (see a- (3)) + stem from mnasthai "to recall, remember," related to mnemnon "mindful," mneme "memory;" from PIE root *men- "to think, remember" (see mind (n.)).
Example
- 1. All this would be a high price for congressional amnesia .
- 2. But such amnesia is neither possible nor desirable .
- 3. That fuzzily secular amnesia of the english has wider political consequences .
- 4. If so , its amnesia is unlikely to last .
- 5. The shocking event left a grief-stricken teen-aged sarah with partial amnesia .