prosopagnosia
noun
pros·op·ag·no·sia ˌprä-sə-pag-ˈnō-zhə 
medical
: a form of visual agnosia characterized by an inability to recognize faces
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web People with prosopagnosia, or face blindness, typically avoid social interactions and can develop social anxiety disorder. 
Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2022 Developing prosopagnosia usually happens in early childhood and is not caused by injury. Ebony Williams, ajc, 11 July 2022 Studies show 1 in 50 people may have developmental prosopagnosia. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2022 Some children with autism can also have some degree of prosopagnosia, according to NINDS. Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 7 July 2022 Experts have labeled this condition prosopagnosia, otherwise known as face blindness. Angie Orellana Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022 Face blindness, or prosopagnosia, is an inability to recognize people’s faces. Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021 His mastery of portraiture was all the more remarkable given his prosopagnosia -- or face blindness -- a condition that prevented him from recognizing or recalling people's faces. CNN, 20 Aug. 2021 Face blindness, or prosopagnosia, is a neurological condition resulting in trouble identifying human faces. Daniel Gibbs, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2021 See More
Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2022 Developing prosopagnosia usually happens in early childhood and is not caused by injury. Ebony Williams, ajc, 11 July 2022 Studies show 1 in 50 people may have developmental prosopagnosia. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2022 Some children with autism can also have some degree of prosopagnosia, according to NINDS. Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 7 July 2022 Experts have labeled this condition prosopagnosia, otherwise known as face blindness. Angie Orellana Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022 Face blindness, or prosopagnosia, is an inability to recognize people’s faces. Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021 His mastery of portraiture was all the more remarkable given his prosopagnosia -- or face blindness -- a condition that prevented him from recognizing or recalling people's faces. CNN, 20 Aug. 2021 Face blindness, or prosopagnosia, is a neurological condition resulting in trouble identifying human faces. Daniel Gibbs, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Prosopagnosie, from Greek prósōpon "face, mask, person" + German Agnosie agnosia — more at prosopopoeia
First Known Use
1950, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
prosopagnosia
noun
pros·op·ag·no·sia ˌpräs-əp-ag-ˈnō-zhə
: a form of visual agnosia characterized by an inability to recognize faces
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