amnesia

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Canada/ˌæmˈniʒə/UK/æmˈniːʒə/UK/æmˈniːz.i.ə/

noun

Loss of memory; forgetfulness.

“a state of cultural amnesia”

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OriginLatin amnesia ← Ancient Greek ἀμνησία →
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Meanings

nounamnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)

plural amnesias · plural amnesiæ

  1. countableuncountablemedicineLoss of memory; forgetfulness.

    They must have amnesia, they forgot that I'm him

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    I lay around my Barnard dorm room listening to Nina Simone records and reading his first novel, “Forgetting Elena,” which takes place in a highly mythopoeticized version of Fire Island and nominally concerns a man with amnesia.

    2009 October 4, Stacey D’Erasmo, “Glory Days”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021

    Synonyms: memory loss

  2. countablefigurativelyuncountableForgetfulness.

    a state of cultural amnesia

  3. UKcountableslanguncountableA potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.

    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

    2015, Jme, “Man Don’t Care” (track 13), in Integrity>, performed by Jme

    Synonyms: amm, ammie, bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLoss of memory; forgetfulness.

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memory loss

nounA potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounpartial or total loss of memory

Similar
memory lossblackout
Broader
cognitive statestate of mind
Also see
ammammieblackout

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀμνησία“forgetfulness”
  2. Latinamnesia
  3. Englishamnesia

From modified Latin amnesia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”) prefixed with the alpha privative.

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Translations

Arabic فِقْدَان ذَاكِرَة
  • فِقْدَان ذَاكِرَة (fiqdān ḏākira)loss of memory
Bengali স্মৃতিলোপ, স্মৃতিবিলোপ
  • স্মৃতিলোপ (smritilōp)loss of memory
  • স্মৃতিবিলোপ (smritibilōp)loss of memory
Bulgarian амнезия
  • амнезия (amnezija)loss of memory
Catalan amnèsia
  • amnèsialoss of memory
Chinese Cantonese 失憶 /失忆, 健忘
  • 失憶 /失忆 (sat¹ jik¹)loss of memory
  • 健忘 (gin⁶ mong⁴)loss of memory
Chinese Mandarin 失憶症 /失忆症, 健忘症
  • 失憶症 /失忆症 (shīyìzhèng)loss of memory
  • 健忘症 (jiànwàngzhèng)loss of memory
  • 記憶缺失 /记忆缺失 (jìyì quēshī)loss of memory
  • 遺忘症 /遗忘症 (yíwàngzhèng)loss of memory
Czech amnézie
  • amnézieloss of memory
Danish amnesi, hukommelsestab
  • amnesiloss of memory
  • hukommelsestabloss of memory
Dutch amnesie, geheugenverlies
  • amnesieloss of memory
  • geheugenverliesloss of memory
Esperanto memorperdo, amnezio
  • memorperdoloss of memory
  • amnezioloss of memory
Finnish amnesia, muistinmenetys
  • amnesialoss of memory
  • muistinmenetysloss of memory
French amnésie
  • amnésieloss of memory
German Amnesie
  • Amnesieloss of memory
Greek αμνησία
  • αμνησία (amnisía)loss of memory
Hindi स्मृतिलोप
  • स्मृतिलोप (smŕtilop)loss of memory
Hungarian amnézia
  • amnézialoss of memory
Indonesian amnesia
  • amnesialoss of memory
Irish aimnéise, díchuimhne
  • aimnéiseloss of memory
  • díchuimhneloss of memory
Japanese 健忘症
  • 健忘症 (kenbōshō)loss of memory
Korean 건망증
  • 건망증 (geonmangjeung)loss of memory
Latin memōriae amīssio
  • memōriae amīssioloss of memory
Lithuanian amnezija, atminties netekimas
  • amnezijaloss of memory
  • atminties netekimasloss of memory
  • atminties susilpnėjimasloss of memory
Norwegian Bokmål amnesi, hukommelsestap
  • amnesiloss of memory
  • hukommelsestaploss of memory
Persian یادزدودگی, فراموشی
  • یادزدودگی (yâd-zodudegi)loss of memory
  • فراموشی (farâmuši)loss of memory
  • نسیان (nesyân)loss of memory
Polish amnezja, niepamięć
  • amnezjaloss of memory
  • niepamięćloss of memory
Portuguese amnésia
  • amnésialoss of memory
Romanian amnezie
  • amnezieloss of memory
Russian амнези́я
  • амнези́я (amnezíja)loss of memory
Slovak amnézia
  • amnézialoss of memory
Spanish amnesia
  • amnesialoss of memory
Swedish amnesi
  • amnesiloss of memory
Tagalog kawalang-gunita
  • kawalang-gunitaloss of memory
Tamil மறதி
  • மறதி (maṟati)loss of memory
Turkish hafıza kaybı, amnezi
  • hafıza kaybıloss of memory
  • amneziloss of memory
  • bunakloss of memory
  • bunamak (verbform)loss of memory
Ukrainian амнезі́я
  • амнезі́я (amnezíja)loss of memory
Yiddish אַמנעזיע
  • אַמנעזיע (amnezye)loss of memory

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with amnesia

IndonesiaTunisiaPolynesiaMicronesiaanalgesiafreesiamagnesiasynaesthesiapromnesia
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Anagrams

aminase
Cite this entry
APA

amnesia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amnesia

MLA

“amnesia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amnesia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amnesia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amnesia.

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