retrograde amnesia

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noun

a memory disorder characterized by an inability to remember events or experiences that occurred before a significant point in time.

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Origin of retrograde amnesia

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby retrograde amnesia

retroflex, retroflexion, retrofocus lens, retrogradation, retrograde, retrograde amnesia, retrograde ejaculation, retrogress, retrogression, retrogressive, retroject

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How to use retrograde amnesia in a sentence

Liberals are outraged over the Steven Scalise scandal—but the left has selective amnesia.
Reverend Jeremiah Wright Was Worse Than Scalise|Ron Christie|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What are the real life consequences of our collective amnesia?
The Bill Cosby Controversy Stages of Grief|Amy Zimmerman|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I invented everything—amnesia, pain, hemorrhoids,” he told La Stampa.
Proud to Be a Coal Miner Fraudster|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But there is more to this behaviour than intentional amnesia.
Beirut Letter: In Lebanon, Fighting ISIS With Culture and Satire|Kim Ghattas|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The first is what Scottish historian Tom Devine calls “imperial amnesia.”
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality|Noah Caldwell|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One retrograde or timid step would open the eyes of men, and bring down ruin on the Pantamorphica.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The one form of memory disturbance is called "Word Amnesia;" the other is called "Apraxia."
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
He executes with speed, and even with ease, all direct motion; but he has no facility for oblique or retrograde motions.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
A nation cannot remain stationary; she must advance or retrograde.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863|Various
But the retrograde movement towards the gate had begun—as unreasoningly, perhaps as blindly, as the simultaneous anger.
North and South|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

British Dictionary definitions for retrograde amnesia

retrograde amnesia

noun

amnesia caused by a trauma such as concussion, in which the memory loss relates to material learnt before the traumaCompare anterograde amnesia

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