amnesia
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
Noun
amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)
- (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
- (figuratively) Forgetfulness.
- a state of cultural amnesia
Derived terms
Translations
loss of memory
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forgetfulness — see forgetfulness
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Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).
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 amnesiainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | amnesioin | |
| abessive | amnesiatta | amnesioitta | |
| comitative | — | amnesioineen | |
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amˈnesja/, [ãmˈnesja]
Derived terms
Further reading
- “amnesia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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