promnesia

English

Etymology

Coined by philologist and psychical researcher Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901) from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “pre-, before”) +‎ μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) +‎ -ία (-ía) on the model of amnesia, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”). Compare Greek προμνησία (promnisía).

Pronunciation

• enPR: prŏm-nēʹzhə, prŏm-nēʹzĭ-ə
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/, /pɹɑmˈniː.zɪ.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɒmˈniː.ʒə/, /pɹɒmˈniː.zɪ.ə/
• Hyphenation: prom‧ne‧sia, prom‧ne‧si‧a
• Rhymes: -iːʒə, -iːziə

Noun

promnesia (uncountable)

1. (psychology, psychiatry, neologism) Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.

Related terms

• amnesia

Anagrams

• nerisopam, promasine