hypermnesia

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noun

An elevated level of memory recall.

“Near-synonym: total recall”

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounhypermnesia (countable and uncountable, plural hypermnesias)

plural hypermnesias

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesAn elevated level of memory recall.

    Near-synonym: total recall

    Synonyms: total recall

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn elevated level of memory recall.

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Origin

From hyper- + -mnesia, on the model of amnesia.

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

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Chicago

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