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amnesias

amnesias is the plural of amnesia.

Meaning of amnesia

Noun

amnesia (countable and uncountable, plural amnesias or amnesiæ)

  1. Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
    • 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.2009 October 4, Stacey D’Erasmo, “Glory Days”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021
    Synonyms:
    memory loss
  2. (figuratively) Forgetfulness.
    • a state of cultural amnesia
  3. (UK, slang) A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.
    • She's lighting up some sensis, he's lighting up amnesias / I'm 'bout to get it started, I'm 'bout to get amnesia'd2015, Jme, “Man Don’t Care” (track 13), in Integrity>, performed by Jme

Phrases with amnesias

Questions about amnesias

What is amnesias the plural of?
Amnesias is the plural of amnesia.

Words near amnesias in the dictionary

  1. Amnat Charoen
  2. amnemonic
  3. amnesia
  4. amnesiac
  5. amnesiacs
  6. amnesias
  7. amnesic
  8. amnesically
  9. amnesics
  10. amnesiogenic
  11. amnesiæ

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