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damnatio memoriae

Today it means: A posthumous punishment for traitors etc. by which they were effectively erased from history by having their works undone and any mention of their name forbidden. Full definition →

New Latin damnātiō memoriae

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New Latin · borrowed fromdamnātiō memoriae
English todaydamnatio memoriae

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin damnātiō memoriae (literally “condemnation of memory”).

Words from the same roots

New Latindamnātiō memoriae all →

damnation of memory

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