oblivescence

[ ob-luh-ves-uhns ]

noun

1. the process of forgetting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of oblivescence¹

< Latin oblīv ( īscī ) to forget + -escence

Example Sentences

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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