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agnosia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /æɡˈnoʊ.ʒə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Ancient Greek [Term?] Ancient Greek ἀγνώς (agnṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀγνωσῐ́ᾱ (agnōsĭ́ā)der. English agnosia Derived from Ancient Greek ἀγνωσῐ́ᾱ (agnōsĭ́ā, “ignorance”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The inability to recognise objects by use of the senses.
  2. (countable, especially, uncountable) Ignorance.

Forms

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Deriveds

prosopagnosia · apperceptive agnosia · phonagnosia · simultanagnosia · hemiagnosia · agnosic · autotopagnosia · time agnosia · simultagnosia

Relateds

agnosy · agnostic · agnosticism

Synonyms

agnosy · agnosy

Translations (12)

id agnosia (inability to recognise objects) · pt agnosia (inability to recognise objects) · pl agnozja (inability to recognise objects) · cmn 失認症 /失认症 (inability to recognise objects) · ro agnozie (inability to recognise objects) · he אגנוזיה (inability to recognise objects) · fi agnosia (inability to recognise objects) · sv agnosi (inability to recognise objects) · ca agnòsia (inability to recognise objects) · tr tanısızlık (inability to recognise objects) · eo agnozio (inability to recognise objects) · de Agnosie (inability to recognise objects)