paramnesia

[ par-am-nee-zhuh ]
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noun
  1. Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.

  2. the inability to recall the correct meaning of a word.

Origin of paramnesia

1
From New Latin, dating back to 1885–90; see origin at par-, amnesia

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How to use paramnesia in a sentence

  • Wigand and Maudsley think they see in paramnesia a simultaneous functioning of both relations.

    Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
  • Indeed, Krpelin asserts that paramnesia occurs only under normal circumstances.

    Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
  • It will perhaps be proper not to reduce all the phenomena of paramnesia to the same conditions.

    Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
  • It may be that Leibnitz meant paramnesia with his perceptiones insensibiles.

    Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross

British Dictionary definitions for paramnesia

paramnesia

/ (ˌpæræmˈniːzɪə) /


noun
  1. psychiatry a disorder of the memory or the faculty of recognition in which dreams may be confused with reality

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