Etymology

dysnomia

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Today it means: Anomic aphasia, a condition affecting the memory that impairs the recall of words or names. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Δυσνομία
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΔυσνομία
  2. English todayDysnomia

From Ancient Greek Δυσνομία (Dusnomía, literally “lawlessness”), from δύσνομος (dúsnomos, “lawless”).

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