paramnesia

[ par-am-nee-zhuh ]

noun

1. Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
2. the inability to recall the correct meaning of a word.

paramnesia

/ ˌpæræmˈniːzɪə /

noun

1. psychiatry a disorder of the memory or the faculty of recognition in which dreams may be confused with reality

Word History and Origins

Origin of paramnesia¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1885–90; par-, amnesia

Example Sentences

Wigand and Maudsley think they see in paramnesia a simultaneous functioning of both relations.

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Indeed, Krpelin asserts that paramnesia occurs only under normal circumstances.

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It will perhaps be proper not to reduce all the phenomena of paramnesia to the same conditions.

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It may be that Leibnitz meant paramnesia with his perceptiones insensibiles.

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Related Words

• confusion
• deception
• delusion
• fantasy
• hallucination
• image
• misconception
• myth
• pipe dream
• semblance