anomia

[uh-noh-mee-uh]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anomia¹

< New Latin, irregular < Greek a- a- ⁶ + Latin nōm ( en ) name + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

Earlier this month, a report in the South Korean newspaper Chosun estimated that about 30 percent of those infected with coronavirus reported anomia.

From Scientific American

But he took a swipe at “the absence and anomia of the authorities of our country in terms of everything that relates to this event.”

From New York Times

The Hebrew word wickedness is translated by the Septuagint with “ανομια” anomia.

From Project Gutenberg