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amnesia

(æmniːziə, -ʒə)
uncountable noun
If someone is suffering from amnesia, they have lost their memory.
People suffering from amnesia don't forget their general knowledge of objects.

amnesia in British English

(æmˈniːzjə, -ʒjə, -zɪə)
noun
a defect in memory, esp one resulting from a pathological cause, such as brain damage
Derived forms
amnesiac (æmˈniːzɪˌæk) or amnesic (æmˈniːsɪk, -zɪk)
adjective, noun
Word origin
C19: via New Latin from Greek: forgetfulness, probably from amnēstia oblivion; see amnesty

amnesia in American English

(æmˈniʒə)
noun
partial or total loss of memory caused as by brain injury or by shock
Derived forms
amnesiac (amˈnesiˌac) (æmˈnizhiˌæk)
adjective, noun or amˈnesic (æmnizɪk; æmˈnisɪk)
amnestic (amˈnestic) (æmˈnɛstɪk)
adjective
Word origin
ModL < Gr amnēsia, forgetfulness < a-, not + mnasthai, to remember < IE base *men-, *mnā-, to think, be alert > UNRESOLVED CROSS REF, L mens, mind

Examples of 'amnesia' in a sentence
amnesia

Why do you think there is this national amnesia about the history of these policies?
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
This is because all elephants suffer from emotional amnesia.
Stanley Bing THROWING THE ELEPHANT (2002)
One young man ends up in hospital dressed in a pair of shorts and suffering from amnesia.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He accused men of his generation of selective amnesia about their pasts.
Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)
Funny how sentimentality and selective amnesia go together sometimes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Researchers have shown that a bright flash from a beam of electrons causes amnesia in rats.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He also suffers from amnesia and does not know exactly what he had been up to before he was shot.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Yet shame brought about collective amnesia.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This is temporary amnesia caused by the fact that human beings are not good at looking out for two things at once.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It will be the first time they have seen each other since he came back from the dead last month claiming to have amnesia.
The Sun (2008)
I seemed to be suffering emotional amnesia.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There is only a kind of collective amnesia, produced by keeping your eyes down and your pockets full.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
Could Noel be suffering from amnesia?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He claimed he had amnesia.
The Sun (2010)
He reappeared in December 2007 claiming amnesia.
The Sun (2009)
Manchester A mother was confused and distressed when a rare form of amnesia caused her suddenly to forget 16 years of her life.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
amnesia

British English: amnesia NOUN
If someone is suffering from amnesia, they have lost their memory.
People suffering from amnesia don't forget their general knowledge of objects.
  • American English: amnesia
  • Brazilian Portuguese: amnésia
  • Chinese: 失忆症
  • European Spanish: amnesia
  • French: amnésie
  • German: Amnesie
  • Italian: amnesia
  • Japanese: 記憶喪失
  • Korean: 기억 상실증
  • European Portuguese: amnésia
  • Latin American Spanish: amnesia
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