amnesia

as in blindness
a condition in which a person is unable to remember things because of head injury, shock, illness, or fatigue The concussion left him with amnesia, and he couldn't remember how he had gotten hurt.

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Recent Examples of amnesia The crowd's acceptance of Trump's Detroit-on-the-rise spin was consistent with their collective amnesia or indifference to his logical inconsistencies throughout the evening. Philip Elliott / Detroit, TIME, 19 Oct. 2024 In a case like this, a dose of selective amnesia on your part might be beneficial. Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024 The political appointee from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) who Morris did get on camera, Miller fanboy Scott Lloyd, can barely feign amnesia during his non-responses. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024 Levitt fears that this amnesia has become an obstacle to warning voters what’s in store for them in a Trump administration. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for amnesia 

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“Amnesia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesia. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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