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race memory

race memory noun: a supposed memory, present at birth, and that exists in the absence of sensory experience, that arises from the common experience of one's ancestors.

Noun

race memory (countable and uncountable, plural race memories)

  1. A supposed memory, present at birth, and that exists in the absence of sensory experience, that arises from the common experience of one's ancestors.
    • Even in my short life I had learned as much as that - or had inherited it in that race memory which we call instinct.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Synonyms of race memory

Forms of race memory

pluralrace memories

Questions about race memory

What does race memory mean?
Race memory means a supposed memory, present at birth, and that exists in the absence of sensory experience, that arises from the common experience of one's ancestors.
What part of speech is race memory?
Race memory is a noun.
What is the plural of race memory?
The plural of race memory is race memories.

Words near race memory in the dictionary

  1. race lifting
  2. race lifts
  3. race meeting
  4. race meetings
  5. race memories
  6. race memory
  7. race mixer
  8. race mixers
  9. race mixing
  10. race monger
  11. race mongers

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