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語源

From modified Latin amnesia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”), a noun derivation from μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”) prefixed with the alpha privative.

発音

• (Canada) IPA: /ˌæmˈniʒə/
• (英国発音) IPA: /æmˈniːʒə/, /æmˈniːz.i.ə/
• 韻: -iːʒə

名詞

amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)

1. (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.

   Synonym: memory loss

   • 2009 October 4, Stacey D’Erasmo, “Glory Days”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 25 January 2021:

     I lay around my Barnard dorm room listening to Nina Simone records and reading his first novel, “Forgetting Elena,” which takes place in a highly mythopoeticized version of Fire Island and nominally concerns a man with amnesia.

   • 2023, PLUMMCORP RECORDS, 0:33 from the start, in dracula flow 3‎:

     They must have amnesia, they forgot that I'm him

2. (figurative) Forgetfulness.

   a state of cultural amnesia

3. (UK, slang) A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.

   Synonyms: amm, ammie; see also Thesaurus:marijuana

   • 2015, Jme, “Man Don’t Care” (track 13), in Integrity>, performed by Jme:

     She's lighting up some sensis, he's lighting up amnesias / I'm 'bout to get it started, I'm 'bout to get amnesia'd

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アナグラム

• aminase, anemias