agnosia

American  

[ag-noh-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh] / ægˈnoʊ ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə /

noun

Psychiatry, Psychology, Neurology.

1. partial or total inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.

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agnosia British  

/ æɡˈnəʊzɪə /

noun

1. psychol loss or diminution of the power to recognize familiar objects or people, usually as a result of brain damage

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Other Word Forms

• agnosic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of agnosia

1895–1900; < Greek agnōsía ignorance, equivalent to ágnōt ( os ) unknown ( see agnostic) + -ia -y ³

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

agnosia

Sacks put this query to people with autism, migraines, Tourette’s syndrome, agnosia.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 7, 2020

He suffers from extreme visual agnosia and is unable to distinguish between things and the representation of things.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2012

The patient suffered from visual agnosia, a defect of perception and recognition, but was otherwise fine.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 10, 2010

The Lost Faces tells what it is like to go through life with visual agnosia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sacks' case history tells the story of Dr. P., a musician suffering from a type of agnosia, a gradual degeneration of the brain's ability to synthesize visual images into coherent wholes.

From Time Magazine Archive

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