amnesia

See also: amnésia and amnèsia

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌæmˈniʒə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /æmˈniːʒə/, /æmˈniːz.i.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːʒə

Noun

amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)

1. (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
2. (figurative) Forgetfulness.

   a state of cultural amnesia

3. (UK, slang) A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.

   Synonyms: amm, ammie; see also Thesaurus:marijuana

   • 2015, Jme (lyrics and music), “Man Don’t Care” (track 13), in Integrity>, performed by Jme:

     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

Derived terms

• amnesiac
• amnesic
• anterograde amnesia
• character amnesia
• childhood amnesia
• digital amnesia
• dissociative amnesia
• historical amnesia
• infantile amnesia
• maternal amnesia
• milk of amnesia
• momnesia
• national amnesia
• psychogenic amnesia
• retrograde amnesia
• Romnesia
• transient epileptic amnesia

 

Related terms

• amnestic
• amnestical
• amnestically
• amnesty
• promnesia

 

Translations

loss of memory

• Arabic: فِقْدَان ذَاكِرَة (fiqdān ḏākira)
• Belarusian: амнезі́я f (amnjezíja)
• Bengali: স্মৃতিলোপ (bn) (smritilōp), স্মৃতিবিলোপ (bn) (smritibilōp)
• Bulgarian: амнезия (bg) (amnezija)
• Catalan: amnèsia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 失憶 / 失忆 (sat¹ jik¹), 健忘 (gin⁶ mong⁴)

  Hokkien: kì-ek sòng-sit

  Mandarin: 失憶症 / 失忆症 (zh) (shīyìzhèng), 健忘症 (zh) (jiànwàngzhèng), 記憶缺失 / 记忆缺失 (jìyì quēshī)

• Czech: amnézie (cs) f
• Danish: amnesi c, hukommelsestab n
• Dutch: amnesie (nl) f
• Esperanto: memorperdo, amnezio
• Finnish: amnesia (fi), muistinmenetys (fi)
• French: amnésie (fr) f
• German: Amnesie (de) f
• Greek: αμνησία (el) f (amnisía)
• Greenlandic: eqqaamasaarunneq
• Gujarati: સ્મૃતિલોપ (smŕtilop)
• Hindi: स्मृतिलोप (hi) (smŕtilop)
• Hungarian: amnézia (hu)
• Indonesian: amnesia (id)
• Irish: aimnéise f, díchuimhne f
• Japanese: 健忘症 (ja) (けんぼうしょう, kenbōshō)
• Kannada: ಮರೆವು (kn) (marevu)
• Korean: 건망증(健忘症) (ko) (geonmangjeung)
• Latin: memōriae amīssio f (New Latin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amnesi (no) m, hukommelsestap n

  Nynorsk: amnesi m

• Persian: یادزدودگی (fa) (yâd-zodudegi), فراموشی (fa) (farâmuši), نسیان (fa) (nesyân)
• Polish: amnezja (pl) f, niepamięć (pl) f
• Portuguese: amnésia (pt) f
• Romanian: amnezie (ro) f
• Russian: амнези́я (ru) f (amnezíja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀мне̄зија f

  Roman: àmnēzija (sh) f

• Slovak: amnézia (sk) f
• Spanish: amnesia (es) f
• Swedish: amnesi (sv) c
• Tagalog: kawalang-gunita
• Tamil: மறதி (ta) (maṟati)
• Telugu: మతిమరుపు (te) (matimarupu)
• Turkish: hafıza kaybı (tr), amnezi (tr), bunak (tr), bunamak (tr)(verbform)
• Ukrainian: амнезі́я (uk) f (amnezíja)
• Yiddish: אַמנעזיע f (amnezye)

forgetfulness — see forgetfulness

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} amnezio (io)

Anagrams

• aminase, anemias

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmnesiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝mne̞ˌs̠iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): am‧ne‧sia

Noun

amnesia

1. amnesia

Declension

Inflection of amnesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		amnesia	amnesiat
genitive		amnesian	amnesioiden amnesioitten
partitive		amnesiaa	amnesioita
illative		amnesiaan	amnesioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		amnesia	amnesiat
accusative	nom.	amnesia	amnesiat
	gen.	amnesian
genitive		amnesian	amnesioiden amnesioitten amnesiain rare
partitive		amnesiaa	amnesioita
inessive		amnesiassa	amnesioissa
elative		amnesiasta	amnesioista
illative		amnesiaan	amnesioihin
adessive		amnesialla	amnesioilla
ablative		amnesialta	amnesioilta
allative		amnesialle	amnesioille
essive		amnesiana	amnesioina
translative		amnesiaksi	amnesioiksi
abessive		amnesiatta	amnesioitta
instructive		—	amnesioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of amnesia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative amnesiani amnesiani accusative nom. amnesiani amnesiani gen. amnesiani genitive amnesiani amnesioideni amnesioitteni amnesiaini rare partitive amnesiaani amnesioitani inessive amnesiassani amnesioissani elative amnesiastani amnesioistani illative amnesiaani amnesioihini adessive amnesiallani amnesioillani ablative amnesialtani amnesioiltani allative amnesialleni amnesioilleni essive amnesianani amnesioinani translative amnesiakseni amnesioikseni abessive amnesiattani amnesioittani instructive — — comitative — amnesioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative amnesiasi amnesiasi accusative nom. amnesiasi amnesiasi gen. amnesiasi genitive amnesiasi amnesioidesi amnesioittesi amnesiaisi rare partitive amnesiaasi amnesioitasi inessive amnesiassasi amnesioissasi elative amnesiastasi amnesioistasi illative amnesiaasi amnesioihisi adessive amnesiallasi amnesioillasi ablative amnesialtasi amnesioiltasi allative amnesiallesi amnesioillesi essive amnesianasi amnesioinasi translative amnesiaksesi amnesioiksesi abessive amnesiattasi amnesioittasi instructive — — comitative — amnesioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative amnesiamme amnesiamme accusative nom. amnesiamme amnesiamme gen. amnesiamme genitive amnesiamme amnesioidemme amnesioittemme amnesiaimme rare partitive amnesiaamme amnesioitamme inessive amnesiassamme amnesioissamme elative amnesiastamme amnesioistamme illative amnesiaamme amnesioihimme adessive amnesiallamme amnesioillamme ablative amnesialtamme amnesioiltamme allative amnesiallemme amnesioillemme essive amnesianamme amnesioinamme translative amnesiaksemme amnesioiksemme abessive amnesiattamme amnesioittamme instructive — — comitative — amnesioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative amnesianne amnesianne accusative nom. amnesianne amnesianne gen. amnesianne genitive amnesianne amnesioidenne amnesioittenne amnesiainne rare partitive amnesiaanne amnesioitanne inessive amnesiassanne amnesioissanne elative amnesiastanne amnesioistanne illative amnesiaanne amnesioihinne adessive amnesiallanne amnesioillanne ablative amnesialtanne amnesioiltanne allative amnesiallenne amnesioillenne essive amnesiananne amnesioinanne translative amnesiaksenne amnesioiksenne abessive amnesiattanne amnesioittanne instructive — — comitative — amnesioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative amnesiansa amnesiansa accusative nom. amnesiansa amnesiansa gen. amnesiansa genitive amnesiansa amnesioidensa amnesioittensa amnesiainsa rare partitive amnesiaansa amnesioitaan amnesioitansa inessive amnesiassaan amnesiassansa amnesioissaan amnesioissansa elative amnesiastaan amnesiastansa amnesioistaan amnesioistansa illative amnesiaansa amnesioihinsa adessive amnesiallaan amnesiallansa amnesioillaan amnesioillansa ablative amnesialtaan amnesialtansa amnesioiltaan amnesioiltansa allative amnesialleen amnesiallensa amnesioilleen amnesioillensa essive amnesianaan amnesianansa amnesioinaan amnesioinansa translative amnesiakseen amnesiaksensa amnesioikseen amnesioiksensa abessive amnesiattaan amnesiattansa amnesioittaan amnesioittansa instructive — — comitative — amnesioineen amnesioinensa

Further reading

• “amnesia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• mesaani, saamien

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [amˈnesia̯]
• Hyphenation: am‧né‧sia

Noun

amnésia (uncountable)

1. (pathology) amnesia: loss of memory

Derived terms

• amnesia disosiatif
• amnesia mundur
• amnesia psikologis
• amnesia sumber

 

Related terms

• amnesti

 

Further reading

• “amnesia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am.neˈzi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: am‧ne‧sì‧a

Noun

amnesia f (plural amnesie)

1. amnesia

Anagrams

• esamina

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈnesja/ [ãmˈne.sja]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -esja
• Syllabification: am‧ne‧sia

Noun

amnesia f (plural amnesias)

1. amnesia

Derived terms

• amnesia anterógrada
• amnesia retrógrada
• amnésico

 

Further reading

• “amnesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10