Meanings
plural prosopagnosias · alternative prosopoagnosia
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field.
1984, Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, page 102Synonyms: face blindness, PA
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπρόσωπον (prósōpon)
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Ancient Greek[Term?]
- Ancient Greekἀγνώς (agnṓs)
- Ancient Greekἀγνωσία (agnōsía)
- GermanAgnosie
- GermanProsopagnosie
- Englishprosopagnosia
Borrowed from German Prosopagnosie (see there for more). By surface analysis, prosop- + agnosia.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian прозопагнозия
- прозопагнозия (prozopagnozija)disorder of face perception
Catalan prosopagnòsia
- prosopagnòsiadisorder of face perception
Chinese Mandarin 臉盲症 /脸盲症
- 臉盲症 /脸盲症 (liǎnmáng zhèng)disorder of face perception
Czech prosopagnosie
- prosopagnosiedisorder of face perception
Dutch prosopagnosie
- prosopagnosiedisorder of face perception
Finnish kasvosokeus
- kasvosokeusdisorder of face perception
French prosopagnosie
- prosopagnosiedisorder of face perception
German Prosopagnosie
- Prosopagnosiedisorder of face perception
Greek προσωπαγνωσία
- προσωπαγνωσία (prosopagnosía)disorder of face perception
Hebrew פרוסופגנוזיה
- פרוסופגנוזיהdisorder of face perception
Hungarian prozopagnózia, arcvakság
- prozopagnóziadisorder of face perception
- arcvakságdisorder of face perception
Icelandic andlitsókenni
- andlitsókennidisorder of face perception
Italian prosopoagnosia
- prosopoagnosiadisorder of face perception
Japanese 相貌失認症
- 相貌失認症 (sōbō shitsuninshō)disorder of face perception
Norwegian prosopagnosi
- prosopagnosidisorder of face perception
Polish prozopagnozja
- prozopagnozjadisorder of face perception
Portuguese prosopagnosia
- prosopagnosiadisorder of face perception
Russian прозопагнозия
- прозопагнозия (prozopagnozija)disorder of face perception
Slovak prosopagnózia
- prosopagnóziadisorder of face perception
Spanish prosopagnosia
- prosopagnosiadisorder of face perception
Swedish prosopagnosi
- prosopagnosidisorder of face perception
Thai ภาวะไม่รู้ใบหน้า
- ภาวะไม่รู้ใบหน้า (paa-wá mâi róo bai nâa)disorder of face perception
Turkish prosopagnozi
- prosopagnozidisorder of face perception
Ukrainian прозопагнозія
- прозопагнозія (prozopahnozija)disorder of face perception
Cite this entry
prosopagnosia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosopagnosia
“prosopagnosia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosopagnosia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prosopagnosia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prosopagnosia.
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