promnesia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɹɒmˈniː.zɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/ (General-American)
- prŏm-nēʹzĭ-ə
- /pɹɒmˈniː.ʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pɹɑmˈniː.zɪ.ə/ (General-American)
- prŏm-nēʹzhə
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).
Meanings
- (neologism, uncountable) Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.