oblivescence
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of oblivescence
< Latin oblīv ( īscī ) to forget + -escence
Example Sentences
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He is inquisitive, and ready with an answer to any question that he may put to himself of his own accord; but if you try to pour instruction into him, on matters that do not touch his own spontaneous life, he shows the most extraordinary powers of resistance and oblivescence; so that he often is remarkably expert in some directions and surprisingly obtuse in others.
From Project Gutenberg
Not only is there this general deficiency in mnemonic representation, there are special deficiencies due to the fact of oblivescence.
From Project Gutenberg
The liability to error resulting from mere oblivescence and the arbitrary selection of mental images is seen most plainly, perhaps, in our subsequent representation and estimate of whole periods of early life.
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