Dictionary

amnesia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /æmˈniːz.i.ə/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˌæmˈniʒə/ (Canada)
• /æmˈniːʒə/ (UK)

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
   • I lay around my Barnard dorm room listening to Nina Simone records and reading his first novel, “Forgetting Elena,” which takes place in a highly mythopoeticized version of Fire Island and nominally concerns a man with amnesia. 2009 October 4, Stacey D’Erasmo, “Glory Days”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021:
   • They must have amnesia, they forgot that I'm him 2023, PLUMMCORP RECORDS, 0:33 from the start, in dracula flow 3:
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Forgetfulness.
   • a state of cultural amnesia
3. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable) A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.
   • 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 2015, Jme, “Man Don’t Care” (track 13), in Integrity>, performed by Jme:

Forms

Deriveds

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

Relateds

amnestically · amnesty · amnestical · promnesia · amnestic

Synonyms

herb · sens · bhang · method · trees · sweetleaf · dank · ammie · ganja · sensimilla · grass · marijuana · marihoochie · cheeba · puff · bud · dope · djamba · buddha · zombie · choof · hash · broccoli · daccha · tea · ganj · wacky tobaccy · Mary Jane · cannabis · muggle · gage · amm · memory loss · pot · hemp · doobage · devil's lettuce · boo · yarndie · Mary Joanna · mull · weed · shit · MJ · benj · sensimillia · hashish · endo · zaza · mezz · green · reefer · greenery · doja · Texas tea · twig

Translations (65)

fr amnésie (loss of memory) · fa نسیان (loss of memory) · fa یادزدودگی (loss of memory) · eo memorperdo (loss of memory) · kn ಮರೆವು (loss of memory) · sh àmnēzija (loss of memory) · cs amnézie (loss of memory) · ca amnèsia (loss of memory) · nl amnesie (loss of memory) · nan-hbl kì-ek sòng-sit (loss of memory) · eo amnezio (loss of memory) · cmn 記憶缺失 /记忆缺失 (loss of memory) · pl amnezja (loss of memory) · uk амнезі́я (loss of memory) · cmn 遺忘症 /遗忘症 (loss of memory) · da hukommelsestab (loss of memory) · fi muistinmenetys (loss of memory) · la memōriae amīssio (loss of memory) · te మతిమరుపు (loss of memory) · hi स्मृतिलोप (loss of memory) · fi amnesia (loss of memory) · sv amnesi (loss of memory) · ta மறதி (loss of memory) · pl niepamięć (loss of memory) · be амнезі́я (loss of memory) · hu amnézia (loss of memory) · ru амнези́я (loss of memory) · pt amnésia (loss of memory) · nl geheugenverlies (loss of memory) · nb amnesi (loss of memory) · nb hukommelsestap (loss of memory) · tr hafıza kaybı (loss of memory) · tr bunamak (verbform) (loss of memory) · kk ұмытшақтық (loss of memory) · ja 健忘症 (loss of memory) · tr bunak (loss of memory) · tl kawalang-gunita (loss of memory) · cmn 健忘症 (loss of memory) · kl eqqaamasaarunneq (loss of memory) · cmn 失憶症 /失忆症 (loss of memory) · ga díchuimhne (loss of memory) · id amnesia (loss of memory) · ar فِقْدَان ذَاكِرَة (loss of memory) · ro amnezie (loss of memory) · da amnesi (loss of memory) · ko 건망증 (loss of memory) · bn স্মৃতিবিলোপ (loss of memory) · sh а̀мне̄зија (loss of memory) · yi אַמנעזיע (loss of memory) · yue 健忘 (loss of memory) · lt amnezija (loss of memory) · sk amnézia (loss of memory) · nn amnesi (loss of memory) · el αμνησία (loss of memory) · yue 失憶 /失忆 (loss of memory) · bn স্মৃতিলোপ (loss of memory) · gu સ્મૃતિલોપ (loss of memory) · bg амнезия (loss of memory) · lt atminties netekimas (loss of memory) · fa فراموشی (loss of memory) · ga aimnéise (loss of memory) · es amnesia (loss of memory) · tr amnezi (loss of memory) · lt atminties susilpnėjimas (loss of memory) · de Amnesie (loss of memory)