amnesia
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˌæmˈniʒə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /æmˈniːʒə/, /æmˈniːz.i.ə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːʒə
Noun
editamnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)
- (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
- (figurative) Forgetfulness.
- a state of cultural amnesia
- (UK, slang) A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.[1]
- Synonyms: amm, ammie; see also Thesaurus:marijuana
- 2015, Jme (lyrics and music), “Man Don’t Care” (track 13), in Integrity>, performed by Jme:
- 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
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editloss of memory
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forgetfulness — see forgetfulness
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References
edit- ^ “amnesia n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editamnesia
Declension
editInflection of amnesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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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 amnesiain rare | |
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 | |
abessive | amnesiatta | amnesioitta | |
instructive | — | amnesioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “amnesia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editamnésia (first-person possessive amnesiaku, second-person possessive amnesiamu, third-person possessive amnesianya)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “amnesia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editamnesia f (plural amnesie)
Anagrams
editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editamnesia f (plural amnesias)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “amnesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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